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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-12-11
PECK'S BAD BOY"

The 1919 edition Of "Peck's Bad
Boy" has been brought up to the min
ute, although the general theme OF
the famous old comedy has been
maintained. While "Peck's Bad
Boy will be talked about for its
spectacular features, it's sparkling
dances, its wonderful congress OF girls
it's innumerable novelties and It's
wealth of variety, it is certain that
no portion will be more welcome than
the liberal vein of fun that pervades
the bg show-recounting the ad-
ventures of typical American Boy
whose pranks on every person with
whom he comes in contact, keep nm
in peck of trouble.
In addition to all the well known
characters in the large cast of prlncl-
pals, the company is graced with the
presence of Prima Donna for whom
a part has been especially written.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-12-11

vice of unusual timeliness for the
general poultry raisers Of the state.
Prof. Clayton's article is as follows:
With eggs from so to 80 cents a
dozen, the thrifty poultryman should
be thinking of an increase in the num-
Der of pullets hatched for next win
ter. In almost every flock that has
not been culled, there are some old
hens that are too old to keep and
some pullets that have not developed
well enough to justify keeping. They
should be culled and the other hens
given better care.
1t will not be long until breeding
season. Each breeder should try to
improve his laying stock. We sug-
gest that the reader set aside one
day in December to go through the
flock of hens and pullets and select
the breeders for next year. Each
hen that has moulted during October,
November and December should be
kept as a breeder, because she has
been a good layer. Young hens that
have been good layers usually show
signs of age. Some good points to
observe are the following:
Mrs. Grisham is visiting her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Robert Furr.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-12-11
AND LOCAL

Miss Upton, of Richmond, Va,
spent last week in Oxford in interest
of the Christian Observer.
Miss Florence Totts, of Kosciusko,
is the guest of Miss Elma Meek.
Miss Astroth, of st. Louis spent
Tuesday at the Public School, where
she spoke at the chapel hour. Then
in the afternoon she met the Girls
Hi. Y. Miss Astroth represents the
(Y. w. C. A. and is making tour OF
the state in interest of this work
The Girls Hi. Y. was fully organized
and plans to go forward since Miss
| Astroth gave them so many interest
ing plans.
MI. E. D. Lauderdale, of fernando,
was the guest of his niece, Mrs. L.
Farley last week.
The Girls Hi Y accepted q chal-
lenge from the Boys Hi. Y Tuesday,
to see who would sell the greatest
number of Red Cross Christmas seals
before the beginning of the holidays
The loser will entertain the winner
with social. =,
Miss Jane Taliaferro, of Medill
Okla, is the guest of Mrs. Quincey
Ayres. Miss Taliaferro and Mrs
Ayres expect to spend the week enc
with Coffeeville friends and relatives
! Mrs. Lee Russell, who has been the
guest Of DR.. and Mrs. Russell has re-
turned to Jackson.
i The many friends Of Rev. and Mrs
wv. w. Woodland, and children regret
their recent removal from the city x
4 Grenada.
i Mrs. Alfred Hume and daughter
Miss Mary, spent a few days las
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-12-11
Representative Whitworth
Suggests New Laws

prior to the date of 1st Primary Elec
ti0n, for Senators and Representa-
tives, next preceding the meeting Of
the Legislature, and that 80 days be-
fore such election each and every
candidate for the legislature shall
cause to be published in this county
paper 9 sworn, statement as to how
he will vote on each and every law
so proposed and published. A viola
tion Of this pledge to automatically
expef him from the legislature and
bar him from ever again holding Of
flee in this state Provisions will
be made in this bill for emergency
measures and special term legisla-
tion. Laws to be made under these
latter conditions to be effective only
until the next regular meeting of the
legislature unless ratified by that
body.
Laws should not be hastily enacted
time and opportunity should be
given for due and careful delibera-
tion by the whole people who are to
be effectd by same.
With the enactment of No. 7, the
state will rid itself of the profession
al lobyist and there will be no oppor-
tunity for another Bribery Scandal" F."
Where there is nothing for sale
there will not be any buyers.
Senators and RepreseHtatives-elect
whose views are in accord with the
above are requested to cooperate in
framing and having passed satisfac-
tory bills covering same.
A. ]. WENTWORTH,
Representatives. Elect, McComb, Pike
County, Mississippi.
Authors note-As this is of gener-
al interest all Mississippi papers
please copy.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-12-11
BAPTIST CAMPAIGN
GOES OVER THE TOP
Subscriptions Now Reported Total
More than $7,OOO.0OO More
Than Asked For.

Nashville, Tenn, Dec. 8.-Fourteen
of the 18 states included in the drive
for funds in the Baptist $75,OOO,OOO
campaign, were over the top when the
campaign headquarters was formally
dissolved here tonight. Additional re-
turn from the remaining four states,
Alabama, Louisiana, Missouri and
Southern Illinois, added to the sub
scriptions frof foreign fields and other
sources brought the total to $82,OOO,-
900.
Many churches in all the states
have not yet been seen and the drive
will be continued until the canvas is
complete, DR.. L. r. Scarborough, gen
eral director, announced.
Of the total SUI mreported, $17OOO,-
900 came through the efforts Of the
Baptist women of the south.
Sufficient oversubscriptions have
come from many states to more than
off set the deficiencies in others,
though it is stated that all quotas will
be met before the drive is finished.
Mississippi's quota was $780,, ,18O.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-12-11
IMPORTANT CHANGES IN
THE EXTENSION STAFF

Director r. S. Wilson of the Missis-
sippi Extension Department, has an
nounced number of changes in the
personnel of that force. State Agent
j. W. Willis has been promoted to be
assistant director. Mr.. Willis, a
pioneer in extension work in Missis-
sippi, has had varied and success
ful experience as district agent and
then a.. tie agent. His knowledge OF
the stll land his grasp upon his
work are valuable assets to, the, de-
|velopment Of the agricultural efforts
in Mississippi.
District Agent Jas. E. Tanner OF
central Mississippi has been named
state agent in boys club work. Mr..
Tanner, according to Director Will
son, is one of the most systematic
and constructive factors in the. ex-
tension corps. Working quietly and
patiently, the new club leader, first
as county agent for Monroe, then for
Pamela, then for Warren, and then
for Kinds, and later as district agent
for East Central Mississippi, has
brought about notable progress IN
every phase of the tasks assigned
to him. To shape the activities Of
the $4,000 club boys in the state is,
to put it mildly, "a mans job" but
there is striking unanimity of conf
dence that Mr.. Tanner is one who can
carry it on with increasing efficiency.
AS successor to MI. Tanner, Coun-
ty Agent M. NJ Bedenbaugh OF Prem
tiss, it is probable, will take general
charge of the East Central District.
Mr.. Bedenbaugh has made an envi-
able record as county agent partlcu-
larly along lines of organization. His
marketing plans have attracted fav-
orable attention in the Washington
Office as we'll as owe. the South. The
interest of his county in club work is
attested by the fact that Prentiss,
with 60 boys, led in attendance upon
the school in junior farm mechanics
held last summer at A. and M. Col
lege.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-12-11

week in GreenviIle with Prof. Leland

week IN GfecHVllle Will Iol. @ASi~iie
Hume.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander and two
sons, OF Como, spent Tuesday WITT
Mrs. Alexander's sister, Mrs. l.. )
r'arley.
Mr.. Douglas Lauderdale, Of Sena
I 5obia, was a recent guest OF his SIS
GER, Mrs. l.. j. Farley.
DR.. and Mrs. George Leavell are
the guests OF Oxford relatives. DR.
and Mrs. Leavell have been visiting
relatives in Clarksville, Tenn.
Mr.. Auber Wilds and mother spent
sunday at Bay Springs in interest -oi
che campaign.
Miss Mamie Vanderburg, of Mem
,)his, was the guest Of Miss Gladys
short last week.
Messrs Phillip Carnathan and John
Lee Linder spent a day in Memphis
last week.
Mr. Hubert Bagggett, of Memphis,
spent few days last week in Ok
lord.
Miss Bessie Fur was a recent guest
IF her parents.
Mrs. G. G. Longest is spending a
few days in jackson as a representa-
tive of the w. M. U.
Rev. Lipscomb and family have
moved to Oxford where they will
make their future home. Rev. Lips
comb comes to Oxford from Winona,
where he was presiding elder of the
sVinona District. . We welcome them
to our city and hope that their stay
may be both profitable and pleasant
Gov. Elect Lee Russell and Gov.
Bilbo are spending this week in Wash
ington, D. c., on business.
Mrs. W. |. Hargis and daughter, Of
Mobile, Ala, are the guests Of Rev.
and Mrs. w. |. Hargis.
A welcome service in honor of Rev.
Lipscomb was held at the Methodist
Church Sunday evening.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-12-11

Mrs. Grisham is visiting her daugh
ter, Mrs. Robert Furr.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-12-11
AGED DARKEY DIES.

Willis Rogers, rs years OF age and
for more than so years a citizen OF
Oxford died at his home north OF
town Wednesday afternoon at 6 o'clock
after stroke af paralysis in the early
part of the day. He is survived by
three sons, Walter and Sumner, OF this
city, and E. L. Rogers of Springfield
ILL.,, and one daughter.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-12-11
OXFORD in GRIP
OF COLD WAVE
Thermometers Registered II Degrees
Above Zero Wednesday
Morning.

With the thermometers registering
at II Wednesday morning and the
shortage of coal Oxford is shivvering
in the grip of cold wave. The wave
struck town, blowing in from the
north, about o'clock Tuesday after
noon, and from Tuesday at noon to 10
o'clock Tuesday night the temperature
had dropped so degrees.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-12-11
GULL AND MATE UP
YOUR BREEDING PENS

E. P. Clayton, head +of the Depart
ment of Poultry Husbandry in a. and
II. College and Extension Poultry
llusbandman, has prepared some ad-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-08

Not one of the airplanes that have been imported from England or pain fully prepared for a hazardous under taking by our naval officers has been specifically designed to cross the At lantic ocean. They are primarily wal machines intended to travel about 600 miles at the most. Cramped, uncom- fortable, and cold-they are not nearly as luxurious as the diminutive flag ship of Columbus.
 Suppose that the crossing of the Atlantic ocean were to be attempted. not under the pressure of competition. with crude machines i'll adapted for suck a momentous undertaking, but with a craft built to fly over the sea at certain height and at q certain latitude so as to make the most of the weather conditions that prevail over q well-known air lane. How would the craft differ from tha stripped bomb troopers that Hawker and Rayham, two madcap English men who may succeed in getting across, or from the ponderous, safe affd slow squadron ofs seaplanes that cur American naval officers have tried to adapt for an extraordinary flight?
 In the first place, 1t would be faster than any of the craft now ready to cleave the Atlantic atmosphere. It
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-08
c. H s. Nine To Battle
 Jefferson County

Friday afternoon at Smiths field the Central High School Baseball team will play the Jefferson High team. This is one of the most important games of the season, as to lose it means in reality the loss of the State High school champion ship. No other team has made as good a record as that of either of these two scrappy hines. The battle at Smith S field will decide which is the stronger, the Central aggregation, or the Jefferson sluggers.
 Int student body at Central are arrang- ing to turn out in force Friday to cheer their team on. The hustling High School band is planning to be there to hand out noise and support As usual the band is ready to boost and support Birming- ham, and all that pertains to Birming ham.
 With the exception of Perry McLaugh- lin, the short stop, the Central nine is the same as befdre. Perry was ruled out because of deficiencies in his studies. Mark Manly is being used in his place. Jake Levy is the chief mainstay. at the twirling end ofSthe General team, but his brother, Babe Levy is showing so much improvement, that he had better look out for his job.
 The General team to man is expect ing to win, but the Jefferson county ag- grega tion is sure to give them hard fight for the championship.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-08
The Real Transatlantic
 Flyer Of the Future
By wALDEMAR KAEMpFFERr

would make 150 perhaps 200, miles an hour not so much because its engines will be so much more powerful than any aerial propelling mechanism With which weNare now familiar, but be- cause it will offer less resistance to the air. The difference between a cana; boat and a fast motorboat would be not much greater than the differ ence between the transatlantic arso- nauts of today and that ideal craft. Not load carrying ability (the chief characteristic of our huge naval sea planes) or extreme lightness tthe dl5- tinguishing feature of both the Sop with and Martinsyde machines now ready to vault into the air at New foundland), but beauty of line will mark the ideal craft-the beauty of line that means speed in any moving thing, animate or inanimate.
 You can't expect to promenade on that transatlantic airplane as you can OF an ocean steamer. But you Will find a fairly roomy cabin, with glazed portholes of ample size, through which you can glimpse the sea and the minute steamships below To be sure, there is not much headroom. nor is the cabin wide, but a least you will have q comfortable couch or berth on which you can repose-comforts denied those who are now willing to gamble on the possibility of flying across the ocean. There will be a boy-a cabin boy or the air. selected for lightness-who circulates, in the narrow passage be-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-08

tween rows of couches and serves yon a meal times. The food-what a con- trast with the cold meats and bread that will be snatched at odd intervals by the men who are about to cross! IL will be electrically cooked in tiny galley in the stern. As for the odors of cooking, they will be magically waited away by electric exhaust fans, and the dishes will be electrically washed and dried.
 Why not make the cabin bigger? Because every additional cubic foot of space makes greater demands iT power and fuel The passengers must be content to lie on couches. That will be no hardship. Berthing the passengers is far less revolutionary than it appears, when it is considered that on submarines it is an iron rule in most navies that a man off duty must immediately retire to his berth
 To form a mental picture of this craft you must imagine the fastest single-seat flying machine enlarged so that it can accommodate a ere T of three and carry enough fuel for 20o0mile journey at 200 miles an hour. Ordinary head-on gales would reduce it's speed by only a fifth Therefore, it can fly low most of the time and resort to climbing, which cuts down speed. only when it runs into a violent storm.
 Perhaps the salient characteristic of that craft of the future will be it's reefing winds. What this means be- comes apparent from some of the diff ficulties that have been encountered in preparing our squadron of NC planes failed to rise from the water with load of 30,000 pounds, of which 22,- GOO represented her own weight. Be- cause the NC failed to rise it does not follow that she canot cross the ocean through the air. To vault into the air requires greater lifting or wing sur face than actual flight. Indeed, the additional wing surface needed for mere starting becomes a positive i.n- pendance in flight, for it offers SD much more resistance.
 The whole problem of flying across the Atlantic would be mechanically simplified if some brilliant inventor would step forward with a wing that can be reefed after machine har leaped into the air. As they move through the air the lifting power of the surfaces increases. The faster you fly the less surface will you need. Moreover, reduce the wing surface ard you also reduce the head resistance. The highest speed is obtained with the least expenditure of power.
 The man who will invent the reefng wing for the transatlantic flyer of the future will be deemed one of the worlds greatest engineers.
 Copyright, 1919)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-08
Daughters Of Confederacy
 Open Gadsden Contention

Gadsden, May 7.-(Special.) With a voting strength of 156. the twenty third annual convention of the United Daughters of the Confectionery opened this morning. There are about 100 delegates present, but the voting strength is larger by reason of the fact that some of the delegates are em- powered to cast several votes for their chapters. There are 10 officers in at tendance.
 Mrs. T. W. Palmer of Montevallo is slated to be the next president. sue ceeding Mrs. J. Asa Rountree of Bir- mingham, and thus far no opposition has developed Welcoming exercises were held last night at the Gadsden theater.
 Todays session was devoted to hear ing the presidents address and the re- ports of the following officers: Mrs J Fl. Crenshaw, Montgomery, second vice president; Mrs. M. F.. Curtis, Camden. recording secretary; Mrs. c. B. Forman, Attalla, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Joseph McClendon. Dadeville, treas urer; Mrs. James M. Hicks, Talladega. historian Mrs. w. A. Beason, Ashville. registrar; Mrs. F. K. Perrow, AnnistoN recorder of crosses; Mrs. c. W. Dau- gette, Jacksonville, director of Children of the Confederacy; Mrs. c. H. McMa- hon. Livingston, chaplain.
 An automobile trip about the district, scheduled for this afternoon, was niarred by indictment weather. One of the social features of the convention will be reception Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. J. B. Martin To- morrows session will be occupied with reports of various committees, a mem orial hour, roll call of chapters, chill
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-08
About Dr. EdmOnds

To the Editor of The Age-Herald: It was a beautiful, forceful and soul impressive sermon Dr. Edmonds preached l Sunday night at the Lyric. Its simplic- hy, clearness and vigor of thought held the wrapped attention of the large and deeply interested audience.
 His text was For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds. He preached practical Christianity with persuasive power. In short, he showed tha; which holds the hearts of humanity in loyal love strong ly to the sacred scriptures is God given power, innate in every soul, proving that the truths and the teachings of God are not only instructive and helpful in the spiritual uplift of mankind to higher hereafter by overcoming temptation in wrong doing, but is also helpful to man in his becoming conscious of a growing spiritual power which promotes his sue cess in his business life.
 Dr. Edmonds' words were happily put and tellingly persuasive to all in the ways of right living. The heart, the soul, the mind catch the glow of the Christ life under his charming elucida : tions. The earnestness of the tones of lis voice radiates an unspeakable joy and energy in the soul of the listeners, in his telling how God helps mankind to overcome temptation and to surmount obstacles. Thus the creature becomes
 mighty through his Creator, in pulling
 down the strongholds of wickedness and setting aside every barrier raised against his knowledge of God. pr. Edmonds has the happy faculty of so plainly pointing out the way of pRac- tical Christianity as to make one feel that it is not only duty but an obliga tion to his family and to his community to strive to emulate the Christ life. He inspires a conscious ability to put into
 practice the truths he portrays. His vivid expositions of Faith, Hope and Love were soul inspiring. So sym
 bolical of human confidence, human as- rra tion and love divine with outstretched arms, urging on the struggle for a better l life.
 His sentences were like Emersons; ever suggestive of a kindred train of thought, I sweeping over the soul, with enchanting ecstacy.
 | I could not keep back the pen picture Napoleon is said to have written when on his lonely island That Alexander,
 Charlemagne, the Caesars and himself had builded empires, but all had per ished from the face of the earth because they were swayed by the sword, yet Christ had built an empire founded on love, and millions today are ready to | die for it, thus showing that love was
 the greatest of the three cardinal vir- | tues. | Dr. Edmonds' freedom from constant
 theological dogma is refreshing. His
 profound piety and deep study of the l life of Christ are his marked character
 | istics. While earnest in manner and sim
 pie in speech, it is not surprising SC 1 many zealous seekers after the truth
 flock to hear him.
 1 PINK LICETTE.
 Birmingham, May 6, 1919.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-08

Colonel W. E. Bare, Major Glenn, the regimental band, headquarters com pany and Company F of Gadsden, Com pany l. of Alabama City and Company H. The 19 officers and other invited guests will be entertained at diner by A. P. Reich of the Printup hotel, while the 465 men will be cared for by the Red Cross canteen service under Mrs W. D. Pinckards direction A parade will be given and addresses will be made in the interest of the Victory Loan by members of the regiment The men are expected to leave here late in the afternoon for Birmingham over the Southern.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-08
Constipated Children Gladly Take
For the Liver and Bowels

It's just at this time of the year that ve need something taken from Nature to restore the vital forces.
 People get sick because they go away from Nature, and the only way to get weH is to go back Something grows out of the ground in the form of vegetation to cure almost every i'll. Some of these veRetable growths are understood by man, and some are not. Animals, it would seem, know what to do when they are sick better than men and women. Observers have noted that . sick horse, dog or cat will stop eating food and seek out some vegetable growth in the field or yard, which. when found and eaten, often restores appetite and health. Haven't you seen these animals do this very thing yourself?
 Dr. Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y., long Ginee found herh and roots provided by Nature to overcome constipation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-08
MERCANT MARINE IS ESSENTIAL FOR
 LOCAL INDUSTRY
Rates to European Ports Prohibitive and Hope for Local Manufacturers Is
 U. s. Merchant Ships
Fly W. J. ROLES

An American merchant marine operated in the interest of American commerce and industry is the hope of the Birmingham industrial district, is the opinion ex- pressed by several of the industrial lead CTS in an interview during the last day or two.
 Within the last three or four weeks Birmingham iron makers have received a number of inquiries from Englare France and Italy, with prospects of liberal sales if reasonable ocean freight rates were to be had. The present rates from Atlantic and gulf ports to European ports, however, are prohibitive and the prospective business had to be turned down.
 The head of the sales department Of one of the Birmingham iron companies states that his New York sales repre- sentative wired two or three days ago that he could book a considerable ton mage for Italy if his company could sup DIv if