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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-04-22

visited her brother, Mr.. Hugh Wylie
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. J. Roy, of Able
vile, were guests of their daughter
Mrs. John McFadden Sunday.
Mr. Fred B. Ridge, Y. M. C. A.
social worker among the Engineers
in New York City delivered an ad-
dress on the campus Tuesday even
ing
Mr.. Carl Buford ard eai lily, ct
Holly Springs, were the guests OF
Oxford friends and relatives, Sun
day.
Miss Mabel Hitler is the guest of
Mrs. Edd Smith in Indianola.
Miss Ruby Mitchell is the guest
of friends ard relatives. in Birniing-
ham.
The many friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Harkins are glad to learn that
they have moved back recently to
our city after an absence of several
years in Choctaw.
Rev. Lipscomb attended the Wi
mona District Conference this week.
Mrs. r. H. McElroy, who spent
last week in Vicksburg is in Green
wood. She will be joined Sunday
by her husband and little daughter.
Mrs. Harvey is spending few
weeks in Greenville and Winona.
Mrs. w. C. Billingsley spent Sun
day with her daughter, Mrs. Webb
mt Yellow Leaf.
Mr.. Glenn Tubbs and baby were
visitors to Mr.. Sears of New Pros
pect. Sunday.
Enthusiasm and rivalry are two
valuable assets in the business world
as well as in religious affairs. The
Methodist Sunday School with the
approach of Spring is putting on
new life and activity and gaining
members every Sabbath. The house,
keepers class which is taught by
that very wide-awake earnest teach
err, Mrs. Galloway and the johnson
Memorial Class taught by Mr.. An
drews now have on lively contest
as to which will win the most new
members. The contest closes in two
weeks and the winning side is to
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-04-22

I, Ashley, Belen; r. w. Griffith, Aber-
deem; c.. II. Williams, Coldwater; F.
]. Buchanan, Amory; Richard S. An
lerson, Graysport; A. Y. Brown, Lee
lind; b. M. Wilson, Water Valley;
rs. L. Bryson. Guntown; M. B. Ho-
worth, West Point; Lamar Bailey
Goodman; t. o. Todd, Hickory; 1.
is. Maxwell, Camden; M. D. Smith,
Brookhaven; T. /. MeRee, Brook
haven, E. Guy Amsler, J. 3. Mccall,
Hattiesburg.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-04-22

What do you say? Perhaps more
of our readers have poetry lurkinfig
somewhere about their persons. You
will probably feel better after get
ting rid of it. Send it in.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-04-22
Speaking of Destinations.

My DEAR" said hubby after a long,
hot argument, "you should never
say such things. If l should be
taken away suddenly, what would
become of you?"
81 should stay right here" retort-
ed the wife. 'The question is, what
would become of your"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-04-22
Common Duty Before Al.

II should be sthe sublime duty 81
al, without thought Of partisanship, to
help In building up the new world,
where labor shall have its just reward.
and Incidence alone shall suffer want.
-Rt. Hon. David Lloyd George.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-04-22

be entertained by the other. SO you
men had better look to your laurels
as it is rumored that the ladies are
already ahead.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-04-22

ATHENS HIDE co, ATHENS, GA,
Buy mule. horse, and COW hides by
express. Wool, tallow, and bees
wax by parcel post. Salt green
hides in summer. Largest express
buyers in Southeast. E. April % 6
mo. pd.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-04-22

FOR SALE-Two mares, a years old,
guaranteed. Apply to Hargis Red
ding, Burgess, Miss. April 22-29p.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-04-22

WANTED-A Lady of middle-age,
Housekeeper or Companion for help.
Apply at the Eagle office.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-04-22
classified ;.

LOST-Crank for Chandler car be-
tween Oxford and Water Valley.
Return to Mr.. N. j. Wilbourn, Ok
ford, Miss. Reward. E. April 1922.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-04-22

COTTON SEED-Half and half cot
ton seed for sale. Ginned before the
rains, AZ per cent lint. Price $3.50
per bushel Apply to F. G. Galloway,
Phone 2203. E. April 22-29p.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-04-22

FOR SALE-My Big Bone Poland
China Thrift Stamp $500. Call
1905. Ellis Gamble. E. April 22-29p.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-04-22

WANTED-Would buy small Build
ing Lot. F. l.. Hansley, Box 1O4.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-04-22

| criticise by creation, not by find
ing fault. Michael Angelo.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-04-22

every town.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-26

Charles announces that the trustees may do
with It % they choors without interference
from him. He does not care IL they ADOPT Il
to their personal uses.
Most people will agree that Garland IS fool
ish. II Garland's father had cut his son on
without o collar and left his fortune to charity
the public would have condemned him as an
unnatural parent. Parents bring children INTO
the world to provide for them and rear them
TO be happy and useful citizens
Young Garland could do more in making
himself valuable citizen were he the possess
sor OF million dollars than in his present
financial condition. True. possession OF the
fortune might not increase his personal con-
tentment. but he could employ it in adding to
the happiness OF others. He would not have
to send it to foreign country or spend 1t in
enterprises in which he might not be Interested.
He could use It closer to home. For instance.
he could build and maintain Fairgrounds for
children. He could erect and endow hospital
for the poor. He could establish and maintain
q community center few blocks from his own
home Wealth may be made either a curse or
blessing.
Young Garland is missing an opportunity
to do good in the world. He would not have
to spend one dollar Of the million on himself
and his family. He could spend all Of it on
others less fortunate than himself. The happi-
est people in this old world are not those
rich in dollars, though it is not disgrace
tc be rich. But richness has its greatest full
fllment in unselfish service. And those in pos
session of fortunes are coming more to live and
appreciate that fact. Garland is neglecting
a Christian duty n declining to perform a
service to humanity that it is within his power
to perform.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-26
Coal in the Making.

& Peat IL not familiar fuel in the United
States.
4 More attention is being given to peat now
sthat 1t Ii realized that coal. gas and oil fields
are not inexhaustible
Ill Peat is coal in the making. 1t is the decay
!ing vegetation which has filed lake and
turned It into . bog. There are great peat
beds in this country, some of them in Michi-
gan and Minnesota
III The chief difficulty has been to devise a
machine which will dig and dry peat eco
Tomically 1t is not practical to cut peat by
hand as is done abroad. Three months Of sun
xhine are required to dry the bricks of peat
Ifut from . marsh by hand, and it isn't prac-
tical to dry them by baking That would re-
quire more fuel than would be contained in
the finished product
Minnesota experiments have produced a
machine which digs the peat, grinds it. and
spreads 1t on the ground in thin layer which
dries quickly. This is q large machine which
is said to produce q ton Of dried peat at a
ccst Of $225.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-26

volumes suitable for all ages.
Among them are:
"The Children's Bluebird," Mad
anne Maurice Maeterlinck's adapta-
ton of Maeterlinck's delightfully."-
imaginative story Of the adventures
of Tyltyl and Myltyl, children of
IA humble wo0dcutter, in their
search for happiness.
Charles Kingley's Heroes" an
absorbing collection of tales, relat-
ing the adventures of Perseus, of
the Argonauts, Of Theseus, ETC., re-
lated from the old Greek myths,
and immensely popular with both
boys and girls of any age.
Laboulaye's Fairy Book. edited
by Edouard Laboulaye.. and con-
tanning folk tales of many coun-
tries, Bohemia, Spain,- Italy, Brit
tany, Finland, Russia, etc.
Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel De-
foe. first published in England in
1719, and still ono of the foremost
favorites among young people.
Frank Baum's series of. "Oz''
books. stories woven about the fam
ciful Land Of Or, and containing a
host Of delightful characters, Dor
othy and Toto from Kansas, the
Tin WoodmAn. the Sawdust Man,
Mombi the Witch. Princess Ozma
Of 'Oz, the Wooglebug. etc.
The humorous and absorbing
tales of Baron Munchausen, not
written for children, but eagerly
adopted by both boys and girls az
their very own.
The Arabian Nights, the magnifi-
Gently thrilling tales dealing with
genii and the power Of magic.
Kipling's Just SO" stories. and
the Jungle Tales" without which
no juvenile library would be COM
plete.
Mark Twain's tom Sawyer" and
"Huckleberry Finn" the illimita-
ble American narratives of the
lives Of real boys.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-26
BOOKS and THINGS

Books, the Children of the
Brain Swift.
Children's Book Week has just
ended. For the last six days lead
ing booksellers all over the coun-
Try have published lists and sug-
gestions Of what children should
read, and the windows OF our local
stores have been filled with dis
plays Of miscellaneous Juvenile lit
erature. A love Of books and Of
reading is Unborn in the child mind,
together with an innate eagerness
for knowledge and curiosity as to
the workings" Of things, for it is
from books that the requirement of
knowledge and the satisfaction Of
curiosity is generally obtained. and
influences derived from the cursory
perusal Of a good or bad book are
more far-reaching than we some
times realize. And yet how little
attention is paid to what children
read "out Of school hours" and
how carelessly the average we'll
meaning adult chooses q book for
childish amusement, as likely as
not presenting an attractive 10
year-old boy with any one Of the
numerous Elsie books. The aver
age child is discriminating, as
far as reading Is concerned, de-
vouring q thrilling tale Of Alger's
sink or Swim" as eagerly as he
would the story Of Gulliver's Trav-
els, or Stevenson's Treasure Is
land, or vice versa, and it is up to
the parent or teacher to see that
the youngster gets the right kind
Of interesting reading, for no child
likes the goody- goody book with
moral plainly superimposed. In an
effort to make parents appreciate
good books for their children, Miss
Ellen Gale. Rock Island public IL
brarian, this week had an exhibit
Of children's books, the display
containing hundreds Of beautiful
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-26
Refuses a Million.

/, Charles Garland, Massachusetts resident,
has refused to participate In a bequest Of
u 100000 left by his father. Garland's wife
eoncurs. The Garlands are in moderate cir
srumstances. Both are young. They have one
9cdild. Garland's rejection is based on the con-
clusion that inasmuch as he did not earn the
wealth he Is not entitled to it. He said to
accept It would be contrary to the teachings
of Christ He argues that each of us should
Lave only what We earn by our own efforts.
II The Garland wealth is left in trust.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-26
We Must Have Thrills.

CASTOR Chevrolet famous automobile racer,
was killed yesterday at the Los Angeles
speedway
People who pay to witness such contests
are thrill seekers. They like to see others
fiirt with death. When a machine travelling
a. hundred miles an hour turns over their emo
tons are attuned to hear that the worst has
happened or course they don't want to see
any body killed, but if life is snufIed out they
accept it as the eventual fate of one daring
enough to stake his life in a perilous battle,
and they return from the scene of the grind
ccLgratulating themselves on having witnessed
q wonderful exhibition OF skill and daring.
The tragedy not the race, becomes the sub
ject of discussion. The headlines of the morn
Ing newspapers didn't carry the name of the
" inner Of the Los Angeles race. In the place
OF the winner the name OF the loser was
printed. 1t was that OF Castor Chevrolet.
There have been and will continue to be
protests against such exhibitions as cost the
life of Chevrolet and which have sent many
others of his profession to their graves, but
they win be Of no avail As long as there are
individuals willing to steer the wheel of a
car travelling a hundred miles an hour there
will be racing exhibitions, and there will be
fatalities.
However, some day auto racing may cease.
but that day will come only when the element
OF danger is eliminated If the promoters of
| speed contests would announce positively that
there would be no accidents the race would be
! staged before empty seats. It's the expecta-
| ton OF thrills that draws the crowd towards
the gate.
There is no longer much of thrill to the
excitement loving American in seeing several
drivers following each other round circle.
| That's old stuff. But the possibility of clash
or spill, of two or more of the whizzing ma
chimes being reduced to jhuk-and may the
! Lord be good to the drivers-that's what brings
| the dollars to the promoters.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-26
H i fR 8 81! 8&% 4}!?';:;
by i MRC. ELIZABETH THOMPSON

Dear Mrs. Thompson: have
been keeping company With . gen.
tleman for 10 years. We think .
great deal Of each other. We are
both over thirty years old. l do
everything in my power to make
him happy, and newer tire Of doing
favors for him and never consider
myself first. / am told by my fam
lily / am not at all selfish.
I have opportunities to 30 with
other gentlemen, but refrain from
doing so, as l treat him in all ways
g / want him to treat me. And,
considering that he Is man, I will
say he does very nicely most Of the
time, but there II one fault he has
that hurts me very deeply.
Where he is employed there are
several girls and he has q car.
After closing hours he will very
often take one OF the girls home
and after doing 20 several times he
will tell me about It Then later on
no will start with . new ono.
feelsthat he should not do that
It is only natural I would be jeal
Gus. When I hear those tales I feel
that I cannot refrain from watch
/ ing him and when I catch him IN
the act, tell him how mean / con-
slider him and have nothing more
L 70 do with him.
Sinca knowing fhia am ahmed
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-26
THE DAILY SHORT STORY

/ cool depths of the hall, her face in
scrutable. She looked out over the
white, dusty road, the green fields
and beyond, where the almost Met
iterraneaD blue of the Atlantic
ocean sparkled. The canal writhed
along there like some huge sapphire
serpent. The salt air struck grate-
fully on her cheek. Then she
spoke. Her voice, low and caress-
ing. had a slight stumble, an en-
dearing little stumble that sounded
foreign.
"The sun is quite too binding 10
sit on the porch. I've some iced tea
in the library" To the strangers
unspoken question: my Sam, he
is in Boston for the week end"
Cherry Halnes was q small, little
creature with taut nerves, steel
, muscles lit was rumored that she
was a student of jiu-jitsu) and
long. tapering. cream-colored fin
gers that locked and unlocked now
lnervously. Her hands were typi-
cally Japanese. Her skin. too, was
cool, creamy. strangely tranlucent
and unfinished by the heat. Her
eyes were almond shaped and
black. Above a calm, high fore
head her coarse black hair was
coiled smoothly. A filmy white
gown, ribboned with rose. framed
the sleepy brilliance OF her beauty
Her guest took the hong slender
hands and pressed his lips to them
"Ah. Cherry! Lovely Cherry
he murmured. She laughed lightly
and drew away.
"fou are glad to see me?" she
inquired.
"Unutterably. But I want terri
bly, &c see you and talk with you
q long while. You will let me.
Cherry!" he begged.
but Of course. honored Geof-
frey. How persistent you are! You
have followed. me from the Orient
to Paris. from Paris to London,
and from London. city Of mists. to
Kmerica!" She laughed again with
q child's delight and led him into
the dim, shaded library.
At last they were alone and he
imprisoned the fluttering fingers
cnce more. Cherry smiled family.
1t would be 30 ridiculously easy to
wrest them from his puny grasp
II she wished. But she lay there
quietly. her graceful head droop-
ing against TIE tapestried airsn
thsr syes closed. The frtnes q
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-26

silken lashes lay inertly on her
soft cheek. ....
AS he began to speak his voice
was fraught with pleading.
Cherry Blossom, dear, I've come
to say good-by. Oh, l know I've
said that ever so many times, but
how l mean it. 1t isn't fair to Sam
Haines. You've been married Just
year and half now and I've been
making love to you since the eve
of the ceremony. You've resisted
me-and while it hurt respect you
the more. You owe much to Sam,
of course" He paused and breathed
deeply.
The long eyelashes fluttered like
bruised butterflies. Cherry pressed
his hand.
"fes-yes," she murmured, "vc,
cannot know how kind he has been.
was. a frail little invalid, a
heather, a weakling. And he loved
me. had never seen a mission
airy before. White. men-yes. But
none SO kind as he. My family were
desperately poor. But We were OF
Nthe-the aristocracy. We were
proud. He told me Of Jesus and
brought doctor to heal me and ]
walked"
| She thrust out a pair Of slender
firm young feet.
"Once they were poor, useless
things" she unused, "and now-you
| see."
Godfrey was silent, his eyes or
her face.
"He loved me. And worshipped
him."
Here she rose and took a grace.
,ul jardiniere from the mantel. Il
/ was q rare BIT Of Satsuma, beauti
fully decorated.
Look" she said.
He took 1t. Three men were pur.
suing a fourth with short japanese
sabers. The victims face was no
ticeably gentler and more beauti,
full. There was clearness. An elf:Y
transparency about him that sc,
Him apart from the others. Hi
armsWere filled with delicate bios
SONS, dragon flies and fans. HI
seemed unaware of the startling
menace In his enemies faces,
More, he seemed aliyel A smile
flickored about the thin. eerit
mouth. Godfrey started,
There WINS an uncomfortable feel.
iN9 pf familiarity with that smile
! L0Qking m he was Mortified to finf
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-26

due me and what not and when I
take him to task regarding girls
whom he takes home he acts and
talks as though I were in the
wrong. He says he must be nice
to them all. That is true, but I
think he goes too far and my ma
ture will not endure it.
Please tell me II an right or
wrong? l stand ready to be shown
when in error.
DISTRESSED,
You cannot be blamed for your
Jealousy because it Is evident that
you love the man deeply. You
should not show you feelings, how
ever, and should not even encour-
age unhappy thoughts. Reason II
out and try to see that 1t is natural
and q courtesy for . man to invite
another or othefs to ride with him
when he returns from work. Il is
certainly preferable In the case Of
others"
You have not mentioned an en-.
gagement If you are not eugaged
you have no right to object to the
attentions he pays other girls. Your
only means OF convincing him thai
no should not 90 with other girl.
would be to g with the other man
At no time say that you object be.
cause he will think that you feel /,
claim on him. A man loves his In.
dependence and peefers to do Is h.
Sea 1t, II some woman tries t.
altar his ideaA he u not apt to til
himself to her in marriage.
| Tho man ought to marry YOU
since he has gone with you % Ions
and apparently cares for you more
than anyone else, It seems to M
you have waited long enough and
should @ With the other men too
since the one you love does not seen
u think ssviovsg oe uax11asA
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-26

gently employed. I can assure the
reader that there can be NO more
valuable exercise for the eyes than
reading, looking at things easy to
look at, beautiful things. ! mean.
natural or human, II you follow me.
In various nasal troubles, such
- overgroWth or thickening OF the
lining Of the nose or Of the tur-
binate bodies of the nasal cham
hsrs, the eyes are likely to be red
or congesced. In inflammations or
infections Of the air spaces (sinus-
esq Of the skull, the eyes are often
affected, in looks Al we'll ~ in func-
ton. A great many individuals
have low grade chronic inflamma-
tons Of the lining Of the eyelids
which cause redness Of the eyes.
Finally, defects of vision producing
eyestrain may cause redness Of the
eyes. It ID Idle to think Of
Strengthening" such eyes-the in
dividual trouble must be remedied
in each case.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-26
H !! : ! i! .MLgl l|1K s
~ M!! !=! IL BRADY nn.


weak Eyes md Strong Eyes.
Eyes which are clear and free
from rsdnsss or congestion are not
necessarily strong eyes in the sense
will Strengthen" them.
A great many readers ask wheth-
er boric acid solution or some 9TH
er' medicament applied to the eyes
will strengthen" the eyes,
Boric formerly called boracic)
acid dissolved In water freshly
boiled, say about half an ounce IN
10 pint OF boiled water. makes an
antiseptic and comparatively nom
irritating solution for bathing the
eyes or dropping in the eyes. pro-
vided there Is need for an antisep-
tic. In many acute inflammations
OF the eyes or syelids or rather the
lining Of the eyelids, there 10 need
Tor an antiseptic and the boric acid
solution may be freely and fire.
quently applied for days or weeks
in such cases, with benefit and
comfort. But it is futile to apply
! antiseptics to the eyes over pro-
longed periods and, in my judy
ment, even boric acid solution
should not be used for more than
few weeks, unless by direction Of
i the oculist.
!. 1t is unnecessary and inadsisaDle
to apply any drops or wash to the
eye habitually or daily. II there
is foreign matter in the eye or un-
der the eyelid it may be washed
out by gently pouring over the eye.
ball. while the eyelids are held
open, a comfortably warm solution
of heaping teaspoonful of com.
mon salt in q pint Of boiled watel
from a spoon or from q blunt medi.
cine dropper. The purpose Of the
salt is simply to render the liquid
about the same saltiness as thu
tears and hence non-irritating
Plain water smarts the eyes, where.
as this normal salt solution" doc
not. The salt has no medicinal
virtue aside from this.
Many solutions are marketed
under extravagant claims fol
Strengthening the eyes. Then, too
there is an absurd notion that eye
sight may be strengthened or tn
eyes may be strengthened Tin ap
pearance) by certain exercises.
am q great believer in exercise a!
a remedy, when exercise is intelli