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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-05-01

Ders. In order to secure an especial
Iy high quality Of talent the singers
nave all been given a four-year con-
tract. The Dunbars van give u pre-
Jude at night.
America Today Cleaned From
Yesterday Over There" will be the
subject of the opening night lecture
by Elwood 7. Bailey. Mr.. Bailey as
welfare worker over seas spoke to
several hundred thousands of our sol
diers, both in the fighting zones anu
in our camps. In his lecture ne tells
the story of the return of the Amerl-
can soldier to his country, the read
justmert of the soldier and the prob
lens which confront each and all to-
day.
Extraordinary costumes, some OF
them imported from Japan, Chinese
chimes, something never used on the
Chautauqua platform before; re-
markabic one stringed cello and a
gypsy camp fire setting are few
novelties which makes unique and
compelling the program of the LON
bard Entertainers who give full con-
cert on the afternoon OF the second day
and a prelude at night. his COM
pany consists Of Harry Lombard and
Leila Fairchild Lombard, his wife, and
their work is replete with good musical
material given in an entertaining and
delightful way.
At night o. E. Behymer (Bee-high-
mer) of the Sheldon School of Safes
manship, Chicago, will lecture on 1.-The
Romace of Business. AS presented by
Mr.. Behymer, BUSINESS is one OF the
most enhancing of adventures, and
enterprise of vital intrest to every
man, woman and child. This is a
lecture which everyone interested in
making success in life should hear.
Following his address Mr.. Behymer
will answer any question suggested by
his lecture.
The Steely Concert Company, con-
sisting of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Steely
and their 18-year-old daughter, Erlyne
will be the attraction for the third
afternoon and will also give night
prelude. For more than fifteen years
Mr.. and Mrs. Steely have been de-
big audiences everywhere
with vocal and instrumental special
ties. Besides being possessed OF ex-
cellent voices they all appear in piano
and marimbaphone selections. Also
Mr.. Steely plays the saxophone and
concertina. Miss Steely is cartoon
list as we'll as a musician and her
constitute a feature Of the
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-05-01
ALTUS NEWS.

Everybody attended the Field Day
exercises and reported a nice time.
One of our seniors, Miss Peal Will
son, won the prize on Algebra. Altus
came out second in several other
places.
Mr.. F.. D. Harris and family and
Miss Henderson visited Mr. Harris
father at Bluff Springs Saturday and
Sunday.
Miss Julia Wooten visited her sis
ter, Miss Lottie Wooten, in Oxford,
last week.
Miss Viva Wooten, of Yellow Leaf,
visited home folks SATURDAY and Sun
day.
The children enjoyed nice little egg
hunt at Bethel Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Ramsey gave an interesting
demonstration at Altus last Monday,
Mr.. Harold Webb visited his sister,
Miss Lorene Webb, in the Wooten
home Sunday.
Mr.. Wilroy and Miss Annie Leslie
Beard motored through to Nettleton
Sunday, accompanied by Miss Roebuck,
who returned home from her school at
Indian Mound.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-05-01
program ..

Or. vmcenzo de Zantv, noteu Ita-
ian Journalls. ana orator, ,wno appears
on The the tnIld night, viii discus
among otneI word topics the problem
Oh the league OF nations. he viii also
tell OF the astounding spirit Oh moder4.
Italy. Or. dc SanJo speaks English
perfectly. He is contributor To
magazines and newspapers, both IN the
united States and Italy, ana his lee
cures are based on Il VIDE knowledge
Of this and foreign countries. IL Is
at once apparent that DR.. de Santos
lecture is one CT the big features OF
the week.
DR.. +. T. Hagerman will lecture on
The Man with One Window" on the
fourth night. For twenty consecutive
years Dr.. Hagerman has appeared as
lecturer on the Lyceum and Chau-
tauqua platforms and 'The Man with
One Window" is considered to be the
strongest address of his career. DR..
Hagerman has a message and he pre-
sents it in a clear ,forcible, pleasing
manner.
On the afternoon of the fourth day
the Artists Company will give con-
cert of vocal and instrumental music
of exceptional merit. The same COM
pany will give prelude at night.
At night, on the fifth day, the side
splitting American comedy at Pays
to ADVERTISE" will be presented by a
company of eight. This is play
which was extraordinarily successful
in the great metropolitan centers and
likewise on Chautauqua. 1t is so well
balanced in human values that it
cheers the heart and diverts the mind
at the same time. Last year on one
of the big Redpath Seven Day circuits
at Pays to Advertise" proved to be
one Of the biggest features of the
whole week. This clean, rollicking
comedy will be a fitting finale to a
great program.
The Chautauqua will be in Oxford
May 20 to June 8, inclusive.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-05-01

The Blue Birds enjoyed an Easter
egg hunt Saturday afternoon at the
home of their guardian, Mrs. J. A.
Christian.
Miss Lucy Dale feathers entertained
few of her friends with an Easter
egg hunt Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Burnheart spent the weekend
in Grenada where she attended the
83rd birthday of her father.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-05-01
WHITE-D

Miss Susie White, the accomplished
daughtere of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
White, of Eta, and Mr.. Arthur W.
Downs, of Abbeville one of our coun-
tvs most worthy young men were
united in marriage Sunday afternoon
at the home of the brides parents,
Rev. Latham, Of Hopewell, official
ing. Mr.. Downs has recently re-
turned from France.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-05-01
CHAUTAuQUA PROGRAM
FOR THIS SEASON
Opens in Oxford May 20, and Will
Close June 3, 1919. Season
Tickets Will Be Sold.

A clean modern play, entitled at
Pays to Advertise" the Dunbar
Singers and Bell Ringers, the Steely
Concert Company and the Lombard
great timely lectures
these are but few of the attractions
of the 1919 Redpath Chautauqua sche-
The Raymer enterprise., 1919-10-09
GOODBY,
WOMEN'S
TROUBLES

The tortures and discomforts Of
weak, lame and aching back, swollen
feet and limbs, weakness, dizziness,
nausea. as q rule have their origin IN
kidney trouble, not female complaints.r
These general symptoms Of kidney and
bladder disease are well known-so u
the remedy.
Next time you feel q twinge Of pain
In the back or are troubled with head.
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in the bladder or pain in the loins and
lower abdomen, you win find quick and
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edy for kidney trouble and allied de-
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Pains and troubles vanish and new life
and health will come as you continue
their use. When completely restored
to your usual vigor, continue taking q
capsule or two each day.
GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oh Cap
sules are imported from the laborato-
ries at Haarfem, Holland. Do not &C.
cept substitute. In sealed boxes.
three sizes. ADV.
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which,

Uncle Is an Indiana newspaper man
and sometimes at home he discusses
the editorials he proposes to write. Not
long ago he was discussing one Of the
kverage Americans pursuit after
th'rgs that are not essential. Il shall
cali II The Search After the Golden
Fleece he said. Il think that title
will attract attention.
Nine-year-old Bobby looked up from
his pudding. Are you going to spell
1t fleas!" he asked.
The Raymer enterprise., 1919-10-09
THE blues"
Caused by
Acid-Stonlac|l

Millions Of people who worry. are dsspon.
dent. have spells Of mental depression. feel
blue and are often melancholy. believe that
these conditions are due to outside influences
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10 an Internal source-aeid -stomaeh. Nor ID
Il TO bs wondered af. Acid stomach. begin
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VIII. II not checked. In time Affect to some
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nervous system becomes derangsd. Digestion
ufers The blood 10 impoverished. Health
and strength are undermined. The victim Of
,eid-stomach, although he may not know
he cause Of his aiIments. feels his hops,
courage. ambition and energy slipping. And
truly life 10 dark-not worth much to the
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FATONlc
1dx Y6Uk zfm-s=6WxcD

W. n. Y, DENVER. NO. 4i-isis.
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AN EPITOME OF
LATE LIVE NEWS
CONDENSED RECORD or YHG
PROGRESS OF EVENTS At
HOME AND ABROAD. -
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS. D o IN q .. ACHIEVE.
MENrs, sUFrERINos. HoPgs
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
WESTERN

Western N.vp.p.r Union y.~s s.r,,e..
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His Way.

"A father should be firm but kind.
and" began the presiding elder.
'"That's my motter. parson !" indorsed
Gap Johnson OF Rumpus Ridge After
I've knocked one Of my children down,
In order to protect myself or to get
something done, as the case may be. |
most gener'ly give him chaw Of ter
hacker. or something that-a.way, to
sorter salurate his feelings. kansas
City Star.
The Raymer enterprise., 1919-10-09
Cauae for the Shock.

Hewitt-A man fell dead In a res
taurant today.
Jewett-Heart failure, caused by
acute Indigestion?
. Hewitt-No; shock caused by find
ing that the price Of some article Of
food had been reduced.
The Raymer enterprise., 1919-10-09

w la = AAS4v
The strike Of miners In the Tonopah.
New, district. which tied up operations
for six weeks, has been settled salts
factorily. according 10 reports.
Twenty-Five negroes were killed In
race clashes at Elaine and Hoop Spur,
recording TO stories told by many Of
The negroes arrested by federal troops
at Helena, Ark.
reduction OF - cents word on
ordinary cablegrams TO Japan from
San Francisco was put into effect by
the Commercial Pacific Cable Company
at San Francisco according to an an
announcement by the company.
j. +. canfels, farmer near Had
den, Kan, is dead OF injuries suffered
when a bull gored him. The bull
charged him and he threw a bucket
over his horns, but the bull felled him
with his front feet and then gored
repeatedly.
Charles Jesse Jones, known thruout
America as Buffalo Jones, famous
cowboy and big game hunter and
friend Of the late former President,
Theodore Roosevelt, died ut Topeka,
Kansas, as n result OF jungle fever,
contracted during his last trip to AZ
rica In 1914
Thousands OF British subjects will
immlgrate Into Mexico about the mid
die of October, according to Excelsior.
newspaper Of Mexico City. The
colonlsts Will settle In Durango and
Chihuahua. Arrangements for their
passage into Mexico are TO be made
by Gen. l.. GrItchley OF the British
army.
Passport regulations OF the United
States, which prevent hundreds Of
MeXicnns in Sonora from crossing 10
this side of the international line IL
do their trading, have caused consid.
cradle complaint among the mer'
chants Of Arizona border towns who
have heretofore reaped harvest from
Mexican patronage.
The king and queen of Belgium will
visit San Francisco Oct l5, going from
there 10 the Yosemite valley ant
thence TO Los Angeles, Senator Phelar
of California announced. after con
ference with Assistant Secretary OF
State Long Senator Phean said 1t wa,
thought that only one dry would b,
spent al San Francisco.
The Raymer enterprise., 1919-10-09
DEWS OF EVE
No More Gentle Than
"Cascarets" for the
Liver, Bowels


It Is just as needless as II is danger
GUS to take violent or nasty cathartics.
Nature provides no shock absorbers for
your liver and bowels against calomel,
'iarsh pills, sickening oil and salts.
cascarets give quick relief without In
jury from Constipation, Biliousness, In
digestion. Gases and Sick Headache.
Cascarets work while you sleep, remov-
ing the toxins. poisons and sour. in
digestible waste without gripping or in
convenience. Cascarets regulate by
strengthening the bowel muscles. They
cost so little too.-Adv.
Used to Postponements.
Then you like working for
judge?'
You bet
doesn't he kick when you put
things OFF,"
Nav. he puts of half his own
work every thy.r-Louisville Courier
Journal.
The Raymer enterprise., 1919-10-09
Used to Postponements.

Airplanes that collide when $50 feet
In the air also are too high.
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WASHINGTON

Ing the war averaged 30 To 1000, rank
Ing next to the infantry. which suf
fered 262 to the 1000, Gen. George
o. Squier told the House military ar.
fairs committee
With disposition Of the peace treaty
expected by Nov. !, congressional
leaders are discussing the prospects
OF closing the extraordinary session.
which began May 10 so as to have n
months rest before the regular De
cember session begins.
Favorable report was unanimously
ordered by the Senate irrigation com
mittee upon the bill by senator Jones
Of Washington TO appropriate $3.50
0o0,000 for the completion OF recIama.
tion projects now under way as well as
for the construction OF such new ones
as the reclamation service may think
feasible,
A resolution favoring an information
al union Of all Latin-American rrpub.
lies for maintenance OF the integrity
and sovereignty OF each nation has
been adopted unanimously by the Co
lombIan Senate, according to a dis
patch to the State Department
The United States trade with fore gn
nations has grown enormously and
reached l0,500,000,000 year. with
balance in favor OF this country
amounting to A,ls2, 100000. Statistics
for the year ending Aug 81, Just issued
by the department Of commerce, show
that the years commerce exceeded
that Of last year by more than 81, 800.
100000.
The number Of women employed By
railroads in heavy work while the
war was on and when men could not
he obtained is being reduced steadily,
Director General Hines announced.
Women employed IN all occupations on
federal controlled roads July |, were
49per cent fewer than on April l, but
those working In round houses had
been reduced 23.8 per cent and in shop
work IS per cent. The total number
Of women working ON railroads July
| was s2,294, most Of them In clerical
positions.
The sentence OF twenty-five years
meted out by a court-martia to Capt.
David A. Henkes OF the l8sth infantry,
who on May 20, 1917. sought to resign
from the army rather than oppose his
fathers kinfolk in Germany. has been
commuted by President Wilson to not
more than five years, 1t Is announced
at the War Department
Investigation OF wholesale and retail
prices OF sugar by the federal trade
commission was ordered by the house
thru adoption of a resolution intro
duced by Representative Tinkham, Re
publican. Massachusetts.
The Raymer enterprise., 1919-10-09
Why Girls Stick Around,

Why Girls Stick Around.
"Why will none Of you girls mar.
ryT
There's quarrel as to who gets
the piano.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-28
CONTINUATION OF nENNIE AND
JENNIE

AID what an active !.fc Bonnie and
Jennie led. They we're IN at and
hard at work before the sun arose
How would YOU like that? No doubt
they would have thought i, very hard
had Il not been for tho Fairy She
was at work as early as they She
helped them make the beds md clean
the. house and then turn the cows out
to be MIXED.
Whar fun that was, The cows were
as gentle as kittens; only once in n
great Willie when the h!cs were too
tfcuolesome they would whisk their
tails right into Bennie's face,
While Bennic did tho milking. len.
ME carried the pals TO the spring
house. and the good Fairy went with
her and smiled at her
AZ in the morning Eenn!e and .Ien.
ME thought Of their breakfast Jcn.
ME was fine l;ttic cook I've heard
II sid th.-t her buckwhaat cakes were
the best for miles around. and no ono
could beat her making biscuits. Blu,
here again. /: was really the Fairy
who showed her how and helped hei
with her work. While Bonnie washed
his hands and face. Jennie did the
cooking. and soon the table was set
with such delicious meal,
The Fairy had her place by the
able and ate her share, but she needed
so little thar no one noticed it, Then
Tabby, the c..t, got his breakfast after
which he washed his f.ce with his
paws curled up near the stove and
Went TO sleep. He didn't believe in
Fairies or in work. JENIE STATION.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-28
4 PRAYER.

onn,ry road, parchsd S via! IN h sn1 and .ne
heavy, with dust. stretched through
wither!nS. Virginia county.
harefooted girl. Her tangled. brown
curtis. fell just 20 her shoulder. from
which tho plain. loose. bu; spotless
bingham dress had slipped, leaving 1t
bare. In hcr hand she carried some
freshly eaihercd flowers that, even in
tired of living and glad 70 die at any
moment.
The child made slow progress walk
ing i'll the deep sand, hut she seemed
both glad and sad TO reach the gate
Of the little graveyard which lay
close. a. Ii sheltered by tho country
church,
she still kept her slow pace as She
crossed the crushed grass with bowed
head. and, finding the one grave she
sought. knelt down. laid the broken
blossoms by the tombstone and lifted
ncr large. dark eyes 10 thu: heavens
Through the church windows foated
the soft. holy strains of the doXoiogy
The little girl clasped her hands and
WHISPERED in voice as clear and
Lord. keep dear mother near thy
Make short the time VIC arc apart;
Forgive my debts and others theirs;
Lord answer me. ! pray, my prayers"
And when the closing hymn had
one found by Il freshly made grave.
a child, dead forever TO the world
with tiny bunch of dropping flowers
at her feet.
her soul had taken another lamb into
Ills fold in answer TO its prayer.
Composed by
ELLEN DOUGLAS GORDON.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-28
Welcome Back
Sends Poem,
SAYINGS AND DOINGs IN FAIRY
LAND.

!.
But il was so duh TO stay in tho
house all day long, and little brother
was often cross and frrtful. now that
mother could not nurse him and pet
Kim.
So Gretchen's checks grew pale, and
her eyes heavy, and at last the poor
invalid noticed this and said to her:
Now, little daughter. when father
comes home to dinner he shall carry
baby in his cradle down into the
meadow by the brook. and YOU can
run about there all the afternoon. and
pick buttercups and daises TO make the
house look gay
hut how Will you manage alone,
mother, dear?'
'Oh. | will try TO go to sleep. and
then I can do very we'll without my
little help until tea time
So after dinner away TO the meadow
went Gretchen and baby, both happy
at being in the fresh air and sunshine
again. Father put the cradle down In
safe place, and kissing the children.
went off TO his hunting as usual. He
must work harder. and walk farther
than ever. now that his wife was i'll,
Tor she needed good food and medicine.
and so he must shoot plenty of hares
and rabbits to sell In the market.
Hardly was he out of sight when Gret-
chen saw the old cnchanter coming
over the brook, crossing the stepping
stones. Watch for next chapter.
MAY CRUMPTON.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-28
Dicks FISHING MIsHAP.

since he was four years old. Dick,
with his father ana mother, spent
three years in the country. Dick 8
father took keen interest in his little
boys sports. and they were good COM
panons. When Dicks school closed
he lonSed for tho old mill pond. where
he and his father spent so many happy
hours fshing.
one bright summer morning Dick
said to himself. III go nshins: I'll
go all alone" SO he put on his big
straw hat and with his string for fish,
ing line and bent pins for hooks he
threw his fishing pole over his shout
der and with e litt!e tin pail in his
hand. with bait in It. started off for
mill.
Dick was very happy when he reach
ed the old red bridge where the big
willow tree cas-, pretty shadows in
fG on Se neow NM he Sens 4.
on his hook. as he so often saw his
ihS ,,!, do then threw his line into
below the fish glide by, but they had
grown wise! they seemed to know
m, mt. Pin was hidden in the bait and
Dick was growing tired of the
SILENCE and long waiting for the fish
70 bite, when his attention was at
along on the other side 81 '1 ,hes s slS@S
DICK dropped his fishing line and pole.
and IN MS haste 10 reach the place
ne hit against the pole that connect ed
the wheels TO the sawmill and the
mill was set 10 going.
ON, such a rafting. The whirl and
whizI!ng OF the wheels, the dashing
and .spla shins of the water and the
buzzins and hummine OF the saws
set the little iisherboy In such a frigh,
that he ran through the corn fields
without stopping until he reached his
mothers house When he related Ia
~ .lrYn RI ~
and then fed in fright through the
corn helds. she told him to go at once
10 the owner and tell him all
When Dick reached the mill n,
round the owner and his men busils
working and searching TO find oui
what had started the quiet mill a-going
Inc owner was kind man, anc
when Dick told him what caused IN,
disturbance he thanked the brave littie
boy Tor his courage and honesty. The
owner showed him how such n little
acciden, might in few hours CAUSED
great damage to his property.
End.
MA re \ RET NJ w Al TnN
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-28
THE NAUGHTY KIDS At THE SEA
SHORE.
Part Ill.

IuFt
Well, here We are!" shouted the
twins, as they came rushing In from
the observation car.
o A1d am sOlnE to get q oft 6ef srs
sticking out her tongue at James.
no. you are not" and James started
pushing TO get OF,
Yes. 7 am, too"
NO, you arc not" cried James. who
ss he said. - - quay 90 '''''
Well, by this time both were. so mad
they started lighting, right in the mid
'Children. children. I am surprised
At At you acting so. and on train. too!
get OF and Jane take my hand. and
James, you must take your fathers
hand" for James thought, himself too
Father. when Will our box of toys
come asked James in whining
Il don't know. now go on away and
Well we will leave them for a few
In the room next to the twins. which
was 43. lived an old man VINO was
very ia, indeed; and also wore a wig.
the twins. and the twins to him. Well,
as it happens he went down stairs
diS ""q wnl Hns 10 E e w AIS deSn
stairs. so they came up. They had been
looking for something, to do all morn
ing. and IS they climed The stairs.
james had an idea.
II tell you Jane" he exclaimed,
lets try to get in the old mans room.
and ruin his new straw hat he has
been talking about"
al right" agreed his sister. q
heard father say water ruined that
Fine" agreed James. Come on
, let's"
So they went along on tip.toes un-
| Ill they came TO the old mans door,
| then they turned the knob, and. to
their delight, found II opened. They
. went in and there on his dresser lay
James took glass and went to the
cooler and filled the glass with ice
water then he poured II in the hat.
Just as lie finished the old man came
in, but before he had time to say
anything the twins ran right between
his legs making him sit right down.
and his wig fall OF and rolled across
the hall.
The twins went downstairs and told
everybody that Mr.. Smith wore wig,
that It rolled across tile hall.
Now, il the canary does not swallow
the cage. and the T. D. G. c. Editor
goes on a STRIKE, ! will tell you in my
next story about The EauGhty Kids
Play Run Away.
Ito Be Continued.)
BY ELIZABETH TYLER.