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Oxford eagle., 1919-08-14
HOME DEMONSTRATION NOTES

The girls who were lucky enough
to win the trips to the Annual Short
Course at A. 4 M. College left for
Starkville last Tuesday. They were
Misses Bernice Arnold, of Cornish,
Mildred Hale, of Yellow Leaf and
Ethel Smith, Of New Hope. They
will have ten days of training in
home making under the best in
stluctors the nation affords.
Several girls are rejoicing because
the checks for the jam made during
blackberry season are coming in in
time to buy Fall hats. Canning
demonstrations have recently been
given in the following communities:
Yellow Leaf, Altus, Taylor, Burgess,
and Tula. Many tomatoes are being
canned and the prospects for Fall
canning of beans is good.
The focks of the Poultry Club
members are taking on the appear
ance of mature birds and it won't be
long till the pullets are laying and
paying their board.
The Bread Contest in this county
is being started. The enrolment
of contestants will close Sept. l and
any girl or woman over 10 years OF
age may enter. There will be flrst
community contests, where the
contestants will, under the
direction of the Home Demonstration
Agent score their own bread. Then
there will be the Beat Contests where
tho winners in the Community Con-
tests will be scored for the winner in
each Beat. The winners in the Beat
Contests will be eligible for the
County Contest which will be held In
the second week of October. We
believe that Lafayette County should
he winner in the State Bread Show
and we are planning to that end.
The cooking demonstration at Live
Oak drew fair audience even II the
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W. NJ. U. HOLD MEETING.

Monday afternoon the w. M. U.
held their regular monthly meeting
at the Baptist Church. The officers
of the other churches were the guests
for the afternoon. Mrs. George w
Leavell, the occasion told of hel
work in China in a very instructive
and charming manner.
After the lecture a delightful
musical program was rendered by
Mrs. Res Morgan, of Lula, who sang
a solo and Mesdames Frank Mat
thews and Monroe Meek, who sang
duet. A delicious ice course was
served.
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MORE ADVANTAGES OFFERED
TO YOUNG MEN WHO RE-
ENLIST IN THE u S. NAVY

Lieutenant Hewitt, Recruiting Of
ficer for the State of Mississippi, an
nounces that he has been authorized
to make payment of the honorable
discharge gratuity offered to young
men who re-enlist in the service OF
the Navy through the Navy Re-
cruiting Station at Meridian.
In July, Congress passed Bill
authorizing the payment of four
months pay to all Reservists, on ac-
tive or inactive duty, thirty days
leave on full pay of the rating IN
which they have been confirmed, or,
if not confirmed, the rating in which
they transfer to the Regular Navy,
and an increase in pay Of $3.50 per
month, who make written application
to have their enrolment in the
Naval Reserve Force changed to Reg
ular Navy status for the uneXpired
portion of their current enrolment,
provided they have one year or more
to serve in the Reserve Force.
This Act of Congress also pro-
vides for the extension of the en-
listments of men who enlisted in the
Regular Navy for the duration of
the war. for periods of one, two,
three, or four years, whose services
would otherwise entitle them to an
honorable discharge upon completion
of their enlistment. Men who extend
their enlistmentS under this Act Will
receive 80 days leave, increase in
pay of $6.86 per month, and one
months pay for each year for which
they extend their enlistment. Men
who enlisted or re-enlisted for a
period of four years, between Feb.
8, 1917, and November II, 1913, may,
upon written request to their Com
manding Officers, have their enlist
ments changed to Duration of War"
be discharged and re-enlist, or ex-
tend their enlistment and receive the
same benefits as to pay, leave, ETC., :,
as those whose original enlistments
were for duration of the war.
The present war pay for all men
in the service, or who enlist or re-
enlist during the period ending July
1st, 1920, is permanent pay for the
current enlistment of such men.
Payment of the re-enlhtmert
gratuity Zone, two, three, or four
months pay) will be made at the
Navy Recruiting Station, Meridian,
Miss, to all men who re-enlist or
change their status from the Reserve
to the Regular Navy through that
Station.
Lieutenant Hewitt points out that
the present inducements offered
Young men have never been equaled
in the history of the combined Navies
of the world. Navy Recruiting Sub
stations in Mississippi are located at
Jackson, Tupelo, Greenville, Vicks-
burg, Natchez, and Laurel. All ap-
plicants at these stations are fur
nished transportation to Meridian if
they are qualified for enlistment.
Oxford eagle., 1919-08-14
MERCHANTS WILL
MEET SERGT. YORK

Sergeant Alvin G. York. Of PAN
Mall. Fentress County. Tenn, who will
be the guest Of the Cotton States
Merchants Association during the
three days OF their sixth annual con-
vention in Memphis, August 1s. 20
and 21st, performed the greatest indi-
dfvual feat Of the war, by killing 81
Germans, In machine gun nests, with
his rifle. and capturing with five as
sistants 1872 Of the enemy, including
four officers.
General Pershing has declared this
achievement to be the greatest single
exploit of the war York was mem
Ner OF the 32Sth Infantry, SD divis-
ion, and uoon his arrival from France
ho was greeted by the Tennessee So
ciety of New York and taken to thu
Waldorf Astoria, where a dinner was
served in his honor and he was pre-
scented with $1,000 90 in Liberty bonds.
Sergeant York is a member of the
Holiness church, and has always led
4 Christian life. He has never had
much of an education. but frankly ad-
mits its need and has set for himself
the task Of founding an educational in
stitution near his home town in order
that his mountaineer neighbors' chill
dren will not be deprived as he was.
Lessons From the War" will be the
suhiect of his talks to the merchants
Oxford eagle., 1919-08-14
TWELFTH ANNUAL COUNTY
S. S. CONVENTION


This convention will be held at Alb
beville on Friday, August 20, 1919.
1t will be called to order at 10 m i.
There will be a morning and after
noon session with recess for basket
dinner at 1890 p. m.
1t is hoped that every Sabbath
School in the County will be repre-
sented. Each school is entitled to
four delegates.
Are you a Sunday School worker !?
Rev. Fred Long, General Secretary,
says: "Come and fill your religious
reservoir; learn now methods; get
fresh inspiration at County Conven-
tion."
Among the speakers will be Rev.
w. Fred Long, Revs. w. M. Wool
lard, w. H. Mitchell, w. H. Hop
per, j. Allan Christian, Professors
M. P. Bush, Alfred Hume, D. H.
Bishop and others.
Let each school send it's report to
Mrs. Garner Owens, Secretary, Ok
ford, Miss, or the report may be
brought by delegates.
The address of welcome will be
delivered by Mr.. J. Sid Good.
Other interesting items will be in
cluded in complete program to be
published in the Eagle next week.
Oxford eagle., 1919-08-14

who attend this three-day business
| conference, during which he will tell,
| in his quiet. unassuming manner Of
| the big event of the war which made
| him famous; Of his religious contic
| tons against killing and how be be.
came convinced of the need for kill
| ing Germans; Of the impressions ere
ated in his stoical mind by the terrible
experiences, and now what he is going
| TO do for his people since he has the
opportunity to benefit them
He has declined offers of a fortune
| to commercialize his fame, and is tax.
ing nothing for himself.
Surely such a man deserves to be
heard. You want to know what sort
Of chap he is and what environment
| fostered such a combination of moral
courage and physical skill.
The Cotton States Merchants Asso
citation has arranged with the Sergeant
to be its guest. TO provide an oppor
| tunity for the Merchants and business
men of the south who will be in At
and shake hands with him and have q
chat with this worlds hero.
He sprung quickly into prominence
from obscurity because he was pre-
pared in advance to take advantages
Of his opportunity The functions o.
the association are to counsel the mer.
chants in ways that will improve his
commlnity and make him a better
business man, capable to cope with
0ny condition or emergency which
may arise.
1t acts as bureau for interchange
of thought and methods among the
South's thinking business men, and
in this annual convention the mer
chants are brought together whore
they can discuss their mutual prob
lens and hear addresses by men whk
have done things worth while.
Associated endeavor will solve any
human problem, and the Cotton States
Merchants Association with it's vast
membership among Southern meg
chants, has helped in directing many
toward their goal, and 1t can help any
business man with an open mind. This
Convention in Memphis August 1920
81 presents an opportunity 70 meet the
"other" town leaders in business; to
xet their ideas and express ones own;
TO hear addresses Of many men Of
national repute who are doing big
things and who will be here to tell
about them.
The greatest entertainment, as we'll
as educational program ever attempt
ed, has been provided, and as is a.
vays true Of these conventions. there
will be no dull moments. Reservations
are now being made by the thousands
Of merchants who will be in attend
ance. Any southern merchant banker
or other business man is eligible to
membership, and is asked to advise
the Secretary in advance OF his inten-
ton to be present There are no dues
nor assessments to be paid-nobody
attending this event will be asked for
any money. All expenses are paid out
q fund created by voluntary con-
trfbutions by those business interests
which realize the necessity Of the Cot
ton States Merchants Association for
what it does in bolstering up and
stiffening the backbone sf eeutAssn
basia3sA
Oxford eagle., 1919-08-14
was the main theme OF the

election was the main theme of the
day.
The County Board of Supervisors
have purchased some nice equipment
for the Demonstration Work and 1t IS
expected that the work can now be
more efficiently done.
The sewing work is being hurried
so that it may all be out Of the way
when school opens.
Oxford eagle., 1919-08-14
HIGH COST OF DELINQUENTS.

We hear much these days OF the
high cost of living. We hear, and
we roar. But, who, except the pub
Usher. ever thinks of the high cost
of delinquent subscribers? Certainly
not the delinquent.
Unfortunately We have few Of
Oxford eagle., 1919-08-14

Not every one may have super
six and skim the asphalt paths of
ease, but a beneficient Providence
has endowed most of US with pair
of good legs.
Oxford eagle., 1919-08-14

Nothing is more agreeable to a
woman than favorable mention of
the man she is to marry, but be
careful what you say about him after
she gets him.
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bridegroom, FEB. 3, 1917, and To the Ger
man PeopIe-with its striking last lines;
Not srorn for men who are afraid to die,
For You have met the hail of battle strife,
But scorn for those who LET their fate go
by,
Red e.-orn for men who are afraid of
Hfe!'
He includes number of little boy verses
and some nature poems which show an
intimate acquaintance with it which has
probably been responsible for making him
a farmer. Mr.. Eaton is versatile man
III a number OF directions and he shows
his poetic agility in the wide range of
subjects which he has chosen to sing about.
The dedication is to Capt. Franklin p.
adams.
4 BOOK OF THE SEA. Selected and ar
ranged by LADY SYBIL ScoTT. Oxford
University Press. s..
THE VAGAB0ND; AND OTHER POEMS
FROM, ".PUNCH." BIZ R. c. LEHMANI.
John lane Company. 49, az
ECHOES AND REALITIES. By WALTER
PKicHAhD Eaton. George II. Doran Com
pany. $3.50. '-'."
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"a Little Boy Lost"

icctuaif There IS no purpose 10 Barrie
but Why? Surely no existence so drab
and uninteresting as that Of Peter Pan
was ever imagined, Who would remain
forever fourteenf Who would refuse the
gift of middle age! the assurance, the
power that comes with the prime Of thirty
ski
This Martin Of Mr.. Hudson's is a
dreaming, lonely ehild-in real life he
would be a most Internal nuisance, the
moekery of his fellows, the shame of his
parents. Nevertheless Mr. Hudson would
have US admire and rejoice in him as he
wanders. lonely as a cloud, about the
hills and dunes that neighbor his fathers
cabin. Ihave always pitied such children;
it is the boy who whips his weight and
more IN other boys who makes life vivid,
worth the fighting, challenge to the will
it is the boy who stands alone that falls
prey to every whim, q melancholy madness
driving him to misanthropy. Why canon
ize such boys! We are all Of US too
prone to spend our time musing and
mopmg in the moonlight, basking in the
sun upon a wide hill overlooking the sea.
We must be reused from our day dreams,
Lot lulled to further musing.
But / am especially angry with Mr..
Hudson, naturalist, for insisting that
snakes will "sting." His snake clicks its
little red, forked tongue "1ts
a mercy the poisonous thing didn't sting
you,'" says the father. Snakes feel with
their tongues as a dog with his nose smell
ing or we with our hands, but they bite
with their teeth-the poison saes being
above the fangs.
A LITTLE BOY LOST. BY ". II. HUDSON.
Alfred A.. Kpcpf. $3.50, csc. etia4< :.
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By GEORGE GORDON.

4 5 the author of Green Mansions Mr..
"A w. II. Hudson. stands high in my
literary affections. He has a sense of the
fitness of words; there Is charm TO his
most casual expression; there is a turn to
his phrase that appears at once inevitable
and mitaDle-and he loves little chill
dren. When he takes to writing fairy tales
Il said) he will Guido them all; he will
brighten us, fascinate US, delight US with
impossible realities; he will make child
hood most wonderful adventure through
inexplieable worlds of dream.
Then Mr.. Knopf published 4 Little Boy
Lost.
I am frankly disappointed. The book
is laekadaisieal, Intellectual, stupid. Why
is it really fine writers are SO often inef-
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at his best whom he halls The DrGH +
Eaciid:
"A threnody for Euclid, This X he
Who with his learning made our youth
"a waste,
Holding our souls IN fee"
and III the lines on the war which he has
called Teeth Setting, among them,
When rowdy rampant Kaiser. stout
and mad and middle aged.
Strips his breast of British Orders Just
to prove that he's cnraSed'
not so pleasant as it might be, perhaps,
but pleasanter than most things that are
written of the Kaiser, and it proves that
Mr.. lehman can be amusing about any
thing.
Walter Prichard Eaton was once a
newspaper man, critic, author and all
sorts of things, and now he says that he
has become farmer. Echoes and ReGlj-
ties cannot be taken as representative
farm labor, however, as much of the verse
was written long time ago, before
nature spirited him away from US. Per
haps the hest things III his book are
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-26
Homer for Children;
New Verse for Old

THERE are yarioas WAYS oi beng ~
Il str,.stcd, some very pleasant YOU
will cOneIu,'c on -rciHg The ChddreH's
Homer, by P.lriac Colu,n, aud Ethel VI.
Colson's Hoe 10 Ecdd Poetry. Although
The first is intended for children and the
second for grownupS, there i nothing to
prevent their being changed about to good
eject. Mr. Columns book Is the first single
volume TO contain the stories of the Odys-
sey and the Had. He has done it art
fully, in style both poetic and vigorous,
with frequent Column mannerisms to add
piguaney and has shown throughout the
scholarly touch that one would expect.
Willy Pogany presents the edition with
exquisite Illus rati"ns in color and line
drawings IN black and white.
HoW 10 RcaI Poetry IS Is simple and
unaffected u treatment of 4 rather difficult
subject as Won could we'll expect. Miss
ColsOn has divided her treatise on this
much tortured sport INTO seven subheads,
has interpOlated eight admirable poems be-
sides those which are included IN the sub
divisions, has given us study of odd
and new poetry. and last OF all a sum-
mary OF the defence which We cannot do
better than quot: -,, -..t .....-
Everybody >houid read poetry. ~a.
Why!
Because everybody loves it. (For
further particulars see Chapter L..
Again why?
Because everybody loves, needs, de-
Sires, seeks enjoyment, and the reading Of
poetry, properly performed and pursued,
makes for universal enjoyment of high,
rich, rare, inexpensive, highly diversified,
never ending and ever vernal order. (For
further particulars see Chapter H."
Miss ColsOn can't be said to bear any
resemblance to Hoover in the matter of
economy. Ii there were any such thing
as an authority on word conservation, her
book would never have slipped past.
THE CHILDREN S HOMER. By PADRIAc
COLUM. The Macmillan Company. 50.
HOW TO READ POETRY. BY ETHEL N.
CoI.soE. A. c. McClurg & Go. SIS.
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Henri Martin Barzn, a French poet
best known for his LYNNE des Forces, is
in New York On mission for his country.
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THE CHILDREN S HOMER By PADRIAc
COLUM. The Macmillan Company. So.
HOW TO READ POETRY. BY ETHEL NJ.
CoLsoE. A. c. McClurg & Co. Sl.25.
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A LITTLE BOY LOST. BY ". Il. HUDSON.
Alfred A.. Kbepf. $3.50, e,t efnl> =.
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MINOR CASUALTIES
Turner James. Mrs. SINE Smith, Rich
wood, w. Va.
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THE AFTERNOON Llsr

The following casualties are report
ed by the commanding general Of the
American Expeditionary Forces:
Died from wounds, S; died from ac-
cident and other causes "a; died In
aeroplane accident /; died OF disease
10; missing in action 4; total 81.
Died From Wounds.
Privates-
Ammon, Bryan Indianapolis, Ind.
Anderson, Oscar W. Allatorp Fajras,
Sweden.
Griffen, Perry F., Sulphur Springs,
Herrick, Carroll G., Norway Me.
Whisenhunt, Noah L., Lindsey, Okla.
Died from Accident and Other Causes.
Privates-
Cartright, Charles E., Lawry F. Cart
right, R. F. D. 2, box % Manning
ton.
The following cabled corrections are
issued as an appendix to the regular
casualty lists at the request of the sew
eral pres associations:
Returned to Duty, Previously Reported
Missing In Action.
Rohrl, Frank c., John Rohrl, IS How
ell St., Patterson, Elm Grove, W. Va.
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THE CASUALTY LIST

The following casualties are report.
ed by the commanding general Of the
American Expeditionary Forces:
Killed in action g. died Of disease
20; wounded severely Il; total 81.
Killed In Action.
Corporal
Butler, vlrnel. Butler. N ].
Privates-
Bragg, Joshua p, Hinton, W. Va.
Dzierzak Roman, Saginaw, Mich.
Edick, Herbert F., Mexico, N. Y.
Jackson, Howard j., Washington, N. C.
McNew, Floyd G., Kokomo, Ind.
Monacelli Luigi, Albion, N. Y.
SILVER, Kenoeth, Hartford. Ala.
Wounded Severely.
Private
schrader, Joshua b, NJ Esta schra-
der, Diana, W. va.
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DIRE DISTRESS
o g Near At Hand to Hundreds Q

Is Near at Hand to Hundreds Of
Fairmont Readers.
Don't neglect an aching back
Baclkache is often the kidneys cry
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or danger II worse kidn}y TROUBLED.
5ere,s Fairmont testimony.
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zealIs Iwas most helpGsSs, My back
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henight and felt miserable jail day.
tould hardly st1lrn over in bed. MY
idneysA didn't aet as they should.
poan's Kidney Pills Ra(e me quick re-
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vas free from rheumatic pains and
~ other signs of kidney trouble"
Price 60c at all dealers. Don't sim.
Ply ask for akidney remedy-get
Doans Kidney Pills-the same that
MS. Hawkins had. Foster-Milburn
os Mfgrs., Buffalo. N. Y
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He'll, Howard Allison, Clarion, Pa.
Johnston, Russell E., Dallas, Tex.
Died Of Wounds Received In Action
Sergeant
Turner Garland Brooke, Fouke, Ark.
Privates-
BARLEY, Oscar Henry. Anita, Iowa.
Booth, Lawrence D., Dallas, Tex.
Browning, Porter, Monet, Mo.
Brush I2aak Walton, Mount Vernon
Chase, Bruce Gilbert, Denver, Colo.
N. Y.
Hutchinson, Fryer P, Chicago, III.
Sullivan, John Joseph, Roxbury, Mass
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BOZ SCOUTS ACTIVE
N LOCAL CIRCLES.
DerlIlam Back on the
Job as a Scoutmaster
IN Fair1nont.

fough the columns OF the West
IAN the Boy Scouts Of FaIrinont
70 keep the public informed re-
l1g their work and accomplish
lts Every week Boy Scout 1otes
interest will be published ia these
eoi1mIs. All Boy Scout troops will
tFlhnte their BIT Of news through
INIT Saunders who will act as Scout
cF and see that the news reaches
paper ID proper form. Scout troops
ing news Of interest are urGci 20
q touch with Saunders, Or leave
news for HIM at the Boys De-
aelft Of the Y. M. C. A.
I1e z. ". @. A. Boy Scout troop
rted off with bang last THURSDAY
n ~ "Ienderfoots" turned out and
litled their intention Of "donGing
khaki" OF service. The boys are
interest and II the present degree
pep is maintained they are going to
Ze Ill other troops hustle to keep
ulselVes on the map. B. S. Mason
the =, u. G. A. Boys Department
citing scoutrnaster. Mr.. Mason has
considerable experience III scout
ana Is giving much Of his time to
troop. IA result many Of the
qgs were able to pass Of their tender
ts tests on Sunday afternoon, after
iiy d week Of scouting. Mr.. Mason
ted that the personnel OF the troop
good and that he is very much en-
p9dTaged over the prospects Of deyel-
Cplng 3 crack troop.
Boy Scout interest has been revived
the Presbyterian church and 9. G.
enlIam has once more got into the
coutmaster's harness. Mr.. Denhan
was scoutmaster Of this troop once be-
fore but was forced to leave the city
and interest died out He is back On
the lob for good and now looks forward
t0 doing some real constructive work
81 scouting. Denham Is assisted by
several. OF the older scouts who were
experienced under his leadership in
tie old troop. This troop has MARI
unique ideas which will no doubt be
used to good advantage.
The Boy Scouts OF America were
iven decision over the U. S. Boy
Scout in their law suit before the
Supreme Court of the state Of New
York. The Boy Scouts OF America
lave been suing the L. 8. Boy Scout
Tor persisting in using the words boy
ike scout, scouts and scouting are
scout IN their title.
These words together with others
copyrighted by Boy Scouts OF Amerl-'
ea Thus many subscriptions intend
sd for tie Boy Scouts went TO the
leaders. OF this crack movement.
Charles Evans Hughes, Republican
ndidatc for president, led the fight
the Boy Scouts and was aided by
ofneys Rounds. Shurman and
debit. Hughes, it is understood. wiz
Boy SCOUTS Of America at their
quarters In New York yesterday
thai the sS5terne Court had handed
oRn d decision in their favor.
he Iaembersh Of the U. s, Boy
but 4 estimated at 5000 at the most
lie that Of the Boy Scouts OF Amer.
Is 100000. The U. S. Boy Scou;
entirely a military organization and
training utterly unfit for boyG Of
but age.
This action Of the New York court
IS hoped viii put all scout fagers
e Of existence. The popularity Of
rs Boy Scout movement has induced
many TO attempt the exploit for finan-
slai reasons.