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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-06-17
MIXER PARTY.

The students of the University sum-
mer school enjoyed unique Mixer
party on the campus in front Of Cor
don Hall, Friday evening.
Each guest had his and her name
pinned where it could be seen which
resulted in a general get acquainted
frolic.
Many entertaining and new games
were played under the direction of
Miss Eyrick, GHa,nastic teacher.
At a late hour The students went
to their rooms after having assured
Miss Eyrick that they had spent a
most enjoyable evening.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-06-17
NOTICE.

The announcement which was in the
Eagle last week Of an all day sing
ing at Ethel next Sunday was . mis-
take.
There will not BE an all day sing
ling ct Bethel next Sunday.
BETHEL CHURCH,
BY z. w.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-06-17

Elnathan Tartt, Jr., II years of
age, graduate Gulf Coast Military
Academy. was appointed Tuesday
Assistant Sergeant-At-Arms, to San
Francisco Convention by j. M. Nc
Beath, National Committeeman.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-06-17

4. w. Bailev leaves todav for Kos
|ciusko, after July 1, he will be- ct
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-06-17

Mr.. and Mrs. r. l. Morton Of Brook
haven. were distinguished visitors to
our city this week.
The citizen., 1920-06-24
MARSHALL E. VAUGHN, Secy., Berea, Ky.

out his hand and lifted up small pho
tograph in metal frame.
"Well. I'll be darned - said Hilllard.
lust above a whisper. The turning of
the doorknOb reused him; he wheeled
with the photograph still In his hand.
"Hellol" said Doctor Durant, cheer
fully. "Get your message all righti
What's that you've foundf oh. yes
Dicks picture"
Hllliard swallowed hard. and found
that his voice was queerly out Of con-
troll.
"Its-it's the same one"
"Yes-it's the same as the one you
brought back. I've had 1t there ever
since he gave 1t to me-"
He took It gently from billiards
hand; replaced 1t on the desk. How
that boy would have made good II he
had livedI" said the doctor. in an unr
dertone. "well-they're waiting for
u.s."
Hilliard. following him outside. en-
countered the two Cullens In the hall,
anu dt Sight Ol MS nOTlu hOst, NC Soi-
lected his wits. and resumed his part
In the play.
"Oh !" he said. 'T-I-that was from
one-that was a telegram from the
manager of the syndicate, Mr.. Cullen {;
he said it's decided not TO try 10 re-
syndicate any stock. but to hold II
ourselves for the long pull-every-
things put off for three or four weeks
anyway. I'm having a copy mailed to
the house-there's some news In II I
thought you might like TO see"
Good That leaves you free,
doesn't it1 You'll stay on with us
then? Don't say no. insist on It'll"
"No. ! couldn't do thatl It's awful
kind Of you, but"
"You talk to him. Angelal" laughed
Mr.. Cullen. "You make him stay.
You've got more influence over him
than | have. anyhow. And don't you
dare 10 let him get away without a
promise-understan He passed on.
and left them together.
(To be Continued
The citizen., 1920-06-24

met each otner. Dicky would have
wanted us TO be friends"
"That's-that's wonderfully thought
full OF you" said Carol, softly. And
:. and ! think he would have wanted
that IL he'd known. :" Her
eyes were suspiclously dim and Hill
llard's loneliness dissolved into a
great spasm OF longing which held
him and shook him and left him weak
with impotence
Then I'll stay In Syracuse" he said
abruptly. "Provided-provided you
won't be offended II do have to want
to know you for yourself-just a little
selfishly. I'm afraid that isn't very
clear-it's difficult 10 separate it-but
you see"
Don't try TO explain" she said. sub
dued. 81 know how hard all this must
be for you-and l think perhaps you
need my friendship as much as ] need
yours"
Before he could reply. there was a
futter of indescribable gracefulness
before them. Angela was courtesying
In mock obeisance to the floor. Behind
her, waring was watching her pos
sesslvely.
"If your majesties will wake up half
a second" she said, "everybody's going
to walk up around the Sedgwick farm
tract TO get some fresh air. Comlngf"
As they stood together. drenched
with regret for the condolences that
might forever remain unsaid. a maid
appeared in the doorway.
please, na'am." she said breath
lessly, ats the Western Unlon-for
Mr.. Hilllard."
Fright in my study" called the doc
tor. hurrying. "Just across the hall.
There you are" and ushered him into
the sanctum and considerably closed
the door.
Despite the urgent summons which
the average person feels under such
circumstances Hllliard was astonish-
ingly tardy in sitting down 10 the re
celver. For one thing he was still
vibrating from his recent stress of
passion for another he knew pretty
certainly what the message was going
TO be, and for a third, he was some
what emotionally under the spell OF
the doctors room. Hllliard had spent
a hundred hours In it-pleasant hours,
SO that involuntarily yielding TO Its
kindly atmosphere, and all that the at
mosphere implied, he took time TO sur
yey all four walls before he took up
the receiver. And after he had lis
tened 10 the telegram, and ordered a
copy mailed TO him In care OF Mr.. Cul-
len, he took time TO survey those walls
again. more closely; and this was
partly for their intrinsic significance,
and partly because his feelings were
so fresh and tender that he dreaded TO
return at once TO the gathering which.
as a whole. couldn't be expected TO de-
fer TO them. His eyes fell upon the
doctors desk. wandered and suddenly
focused hard and piercingly. He
went over TO the desk and slowly put
The citizen., 1920-06-24

Carol. looking up at him with what
wasn't exactly smile. but was at
least a cousin to it-that well-remem-
bered flash Of sympathetic interest
Carol spoke to him under cover of the
general conversation.
"a penny for your thoughtsl" she
proffered.
"They aren't worth H." said Hill
Hard. II was thinking about myself"
lie continued TO regard her steadily,
and he was alarmed to discover that
he was losing one OF the abilities
which had made him so sure Of him
self. He continued to hold that she
had treated him shsbbily, mercilessly;
but Notwithstanding that. as he gazed
nj her and perceived the sweet nat
urnlness which was developing out OF
last weeks shock, he was secretly per-
turbed. In spite Of himself. he be-
gan to see, as though by camera OBJ
scura. dim visions OF the past he was
righteously annoyed that they should
rise TO torment him. and still the VI
sions came.
"But after all that you've been
through" she said. 81 should think
your thoughts about yourself would
be extremely interestingl"
"Tm afraid they're rather gloomy.
Miss Durant. whenever they touch on
what I've been through. And when
anything like this gathering here to-
day builds up a comparison. I'm
sorry. but can't always master H."
"You mean the difference between
family over here and family over
there7"
Exactly" he said. "Down TO the
last dctall-what we eat, and where
we live. and what we talk about, and
what we think about--everything."
"Tve thought Of that. too" she said
soberly. "But I'll have to confess that
II wasn't until you came-lt wasn't
until after that first night at Angela's
that the great difference came home
TO me. It's made me feel that it's al
most wrong-almOst unendurable-
that we should be so warm and com
Portable. and well-fed. when over on
the continent well, wonder
whether we won't have TO pay for this
some timer"
II was AT this Juncture that Mrs.
Durant rose: and Hilliard. with keen
foresight. cannily guided Carol after
her mother into the living room, made
for familiar piece OF furniture and
pre-empted It: II would seat two peo-
pie, and no mOre-there wasn't the
slightest use in Armstrong; lettering
disconsolately In the nelghborhood; IL
had a maximum capacity OF two. Fur
thermore, IL was removed by several
feet from the nearest listening post.
He was so close to her that their
sleeves touched; he looked into the
beautiful eyes which were so clear. so
unsuspecting; and his will swayed
perilously. Had he prepared 50 long
and savagely for his requitai. only TO
lose his impetus at almost the first
glance Of those brown eyesi He re
flected tina; there was nothing 10 pre-
vent him from being a good salesman.
and from renewing his prediction for
Carol nt the same time. The idea OF
courting her again. in his false char
acter, was highly dramatic.
II know you won't misunderstood
me-" he said, his heart shaking. "and
I hope that you won't consider II as
too Presumptuous-but- other day
The citizen., 1920-06-24
ckhPTeR VII.

Since Friday night. IIllllard had
lived only FOR Sunday; his whole eXis-
teifce had been turned 90 Sunday. and
when nj last the morning dawned. his
greatest fear was that he might not
live until jlnner-time.
on reaching Carols side. he was
both awkward and incoherent; and he
failed 60 derive encouragement from
the realization which gradually stole
over him. that the Durants had asked
n number OF other guests 90 dinner.
Armstrong was waiting patiently in
the aisle. and keeping closer to Carol
than Hilllard liked. and there was also
a bright-faccd hoy OF nineteen or twen-
~ who had promptly attached himself
TO Angela-his name was Waring. and
he was the grandson Of the patriarch
al clergyman, with the head OF Moses
and the spirit OF youth. who presently
came down 10 join theAlttle group. and
complete H. So that altogether there
were nine people who finally sat down
10 table: and billiards dream Of quiet
progress and harbored conversation
was shattered I'm a twinkling.
II was all very homelike. and all
very friendly. but 20 Hllliard. sitting
there between Carol and her mother,
the occasion was peculiarly acute. lie
had long since discarded any residue
OF his active fears; he was con
fident in his disguise TO the
81 ha haA
covered the windlngs OF the trail by an
Infinite variety OF methods; and yet
without having any tangible facts TO
grasp. he was subtly warned 10 re-
main on sentry duty over his poise.
lie was gratlfled that the conversa-
ton. after one natural enough eddy.
was whirled away from the vicissltudes
OF Dicky Morgan, for he had talked
his MI on that particular subject. For
a time, he amused himself by watch
ing Angela and Warlng playing their
world-old game across the table; after
that. he paid little polite attention
20 Mrs. Durant and to the clergyman;
and then snatchlng an opportunity I'M
looked for, he gave his kindest smile
10 Carol. and for an instant took the
monopoly from Armstrong. And he
had hardly looked down once into her
October-brown eyes before the mystery
OF his restlessness was as clear as
crystal, and Hllllard was thoroughly
dumfounded. and confused.
II had come upon him, quarter OF
an hour ago, as they exchanged their
first superficial sentences, that he was
loneller than he had ever imagined.
but he hadn't realized, until this Inn
mediate contingency. that this sensa-
tion had carried over until now. lie
was prevented. by the very limits Of
the project which had brought him
here. from releasing any OF his sincere
thoughts he-hadn't comprehended, un-
III he had learned the truth just now
by actual experience, that loneliness
is nothing but an aggravated state Of
self-repression. Never In all his life,
not even when he had lain for months
In hospital In France. had he been as
lonely as today. and at this moment.
when he was surrounded by people he
knew intimately, and when he was en-
Joined from sharing In their communi-
ty OF mind.
The citizen., 1920-06-24
PENNSYLVANIA NOW LEADING
Keystone State Led Nation In 1919 In
Mileage Of Contracts Let for
Road Building.

Pennsylvania led the nation In 1919
In mileage Of contracts let for road
construction. according 10 the state
highway department, Up to January
l the state awarded contracts for
the building OF 6T9.26 miles OF du-
rable highways. Its nearest compet-
tor was Illinois, which contracted for
510.70 miles.
Pennsylvania's 1920 program calls
for the construction Of approximately
800 miles of roads. The department
says that Pennsylvania is far ahead
OF other states In the organization
II has perfected 10 build durable high
ways.
The citizen., 1920-06-24

you spoke Of Dlcky Morgan as very
dear friend OF yours. Miss Durant, l
want to do everything In the world l
can for you. and he was my dear
friend as well as yours. I'm not dis
loyal TO him, or TO you. or TO myself
but should like more than ! can ever
tell you TO feel that had done my ut
most 10 take his place. No one can do
that literally-I am not so yain-but !
feel, and have felt from the time We
The citizen., 1920-06-24
SYNOPSIS


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ding them take ina, as a modal Tbsy 40
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boat he meets Martin Harmon. New York
broker. who In attracted bv bi. remark-
able features The ..-soId,er stve. his
name as Henry HiIllard." ana his nome
a. Syracuse N.w yor, M. ta,, ,ha,.
his former ,.uo.s ,o,.n.,s, t1srraor
m.ke. Mir . ,,o,,o.,,,a. g. ..u ,,,,a,n.
stock. I'm svraru.s corc.aI,o~ ~. ,a.n'
tity. He accents M seeins In \, a chance
90 make good and prove he ha. b.en un.
derestin,ated
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-05-28
CONTINUE PROBE
CAMPAIGN FUNDS
Hoover and McAdoo are
Featured in Tuesday
Investigations
(By Universal service)


WASHINGTON.-The senate sub
committees investigation of campaign
expenditures of president candidates
resumed Tuesday, featuring Herbert
Hoover and w. C. McAdoo.
1t developed chiefly the fact that
the Hoover and McAdoo representa-
tives know little of the information
desired for the inquiry.
John F. Lucey, the Hoover cam
paign manager, while admitting the
expenditures Of $4,000 by the ma
tional organization alone, knew
nothing Of Hoover purchases of news
papers, campaign activities Of food
administration of Hoover's extensive
British connections.
Bernard M. Baruch, summoned as
the mobilizer of q $5,000,000 cam
paign fund for McAdoo said he knew
of no one who had given or collected
a cent for the advancement Of any
ones candidacy for the Democratic
nomination for, president.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-05-28
HOW GROWING CITIES
MAKE MISTAKES

People are paying more attention
to identifying their. surroundings
than they used to do, especially in
the matter of railroad rights-of-way
and the views along public high
ways. Railroad companies are ex-
pending vast sums to remove the un-
slightly things from their lines, and
cities are studying carefully to make
pleasing impressions upon those who
drive in over their public thor0fare.
1t used to be that tin cans and
other rubbish could be thrown out
at random along the roads, but 1t
is no longer allowed. Good money
is being spent to make pretty parks
and parkings along the roadsides
where rubbish and weeds used to
be in evidence. There was time
when slaughter house could stand
by the roadside and everybody pass
ing had to hold their nose and whip
up the horses. People tolerated
those things, and worse than that,
they ate meats that came from those
stink-holes. It is different now,
but we can point to some evidence
that not hundred per cent of the
population has been converted to
the new ways of doing things.
Driving over the Yellowstone
highway southeastward from Poca-
tello, as one passes from the city
to the country is tract of very fine
land so situated that it makes per-
haps the most desirable building
sites for suburban homes. 1t has a
good outlook, fine soil, and good
slope for irrigation, and cannot help
being built upon sooner or later.
BUT there is section of perhaps
ten acres that is covered from two
to five feet deep with tin cans, glass
and other publish such as every
city throws into the discard and the
garbage. 1t is in plain sight Of the
Yellowstone highway and of trans
continental railroad and an interna-
tional line cutting Canada and Mex
leo. 1t stands like a great scar on
the face of nature in the midst of
their civic structures. 1t is between
the city and the two places of
amusement, the park and the coun-
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-05-28

try club. 1T is on the road leading
to the hot springs and is within
sight of the Technical institute, two
institutions being maintained by the
state and constituting the pride of
Bannock county, and yet the man
agement Of their chief city, the sec
ond city of the state. permits the
dissertation. 1T is close to the ceme-
terry, and people going to and from
the silent city are reminded of the
similarity of the discard of the or
binary habitation and of the dis
card of the houses we call material,
as distinguished from the spirit.
Some day Pocatello will come to
itself and expend a large sum of
money to remove those thousands
of tons of garbage instead of keep
ing them on exhibit in this conspic7
uous location.
Blackfoot has a dumping ground!
1t is by the side of one of the larg4
est thorofares leading to and from
the city. A curve in the river bank
which by nature should have been a
beauty spot is being made into al
great scar. Month by months the
area grows in length, breadth and
thickness. j9aT .-t'<
While the city and county and
many individuals and firms are
y
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-05-28
WILL IT BE A
HOLIDAY

Blackfoot Is flirting again with q
holiday. We like to pull the petals
of the sunflower one by one and
say, "Shall we, or shall we not?"
It's a. great game. Everybody
wants to know what everybody
thinks about 1t because nobody ISIS
very busy person and can't get
around to see everybody. So every
body will decide by Monday morning
whether he or she would rather have
holidayed than worked, but like as
not, everybody will work.
Memorial day, which is most al
ways observed on Sunday, is not a
day of celebration, but in the days
when holidays were easier 1t was
made the occasion sometimes Of q
a day off, either Saturday or Mon
day, when folks would 60 fishing or
sit on the front porch reading maya
zines all afternoon.
As for this time, perhaps some will
and some won't. We see another
Wednesday afternoon holiday card
in some window about every day.
We really need more time. This
deciding all together for one single
occasion is too strenuous and alb
rupt. F. G. K.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-05-28
ALL is NOT
WRONG

In spite of all the fault-finders in
America some facts and figures have
been produced by DR.. Dudley A. Sar-
gent, statistician, to show that as
a nation we are physically growing
better. 1t may be that our athletics
and healthy working conditions more
than balance our foolish actions.
Anyway, as reported in an editorial
in the Century magazine recently,
American girls and boys are taller
than their fathers and mothers.
Girls are on the average ten pounds
heavier than were the girls of 1898.
The report shows that the aver
age height of students in mems col
,leges has increased two inches since
that year and their average weight
has gone up nine pounds.
At the same time the new census
figures are demonstrating graft
flying increase of population every
where in the United States. There's
quite some hope for America yet.
F. C. X.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-05-28
THE ADVENTURES OF
THE DOLLAR

The destiny of nations works out
no less mysterious ways than that
of individuals. Both seem to be in
fluenced in their course by certain
blind Impulses only to be explained
by theories based on how things fl
nally turn out.
Last year all Americans spent
money freely and carelessly. 1t was
in the air. Nobody wanted to be
further bothered about such unim-
portant matters as finance. Some
how or other we managed to chase
the value of a dollar down to about
the size of a fifty-cent piece,
AS things readjust themselves we
shall find ourselves again following
certain line of action purely on
impulse, and the dollar will deflate
as we spend it more wisely.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-05-28
TOWN AND COUNTRY SHOULD
PULL TOGETHER

The men of Blackfoot and the mer
Of the Blackfoot country should pull
together more than they do. It IL
good sign when they begin tC
plan to save losses such as is seen in
the new arrangements for the rural
fire protection. That is a kind OF
cooperation that pays in more ways
than one, and one kind of returns
is plentifully justified. The spirit
of mutual interest and mutual help
lis something that is needed here
more than we really have 1t.
When we speak of the spirit OF
mutual help we do not mean the
kind that acts merely to be seen.
We mean the kind that Is prompted
by a. sincere desire to accomplish
something. There has been a great
deal of doing and Of giving that has
been done merely for show, and not
at all for the real purpose an
nounced. For example, there was q
period when there was one firm in
town that was working to secure
the organization of farm bureau in
Bingham county, and that firm
worked alone on educational lines
for months before there was any
response or any help. Finally few
farmers, mostly the apure seed men,
got into the educational activities
and helped the idea along until the
bureau was organized and working.
After it had begun to demonstrate
its usefulness and after it had be-
come quite a popular institution in
the county, business houses in the
county seat began to join it as an
advertising proposition, and put up
their dollar once a year and dis
played conspicuously in their win
dows the big placard showing that
the firm was member Of the farm
bureau. 1t created the impression
among thoughtful ones that they put
up the dollar to get to use the pla-.
card, rather than for the real good
that big membership would do. II
Such things have their day and
wear out. We doubt if half dozen
firms in town will display their farm
bureau placards next year. 1t brings
the real purpose of the firm into
question when they display it. The
placard is a hundred times as big as
the dollar. What we need in Black
foot and the Blackfoot country is
sincere desire to build up local bust
ness of local people without any re-
gard to whether they live on one,
side of the city limits or the other
they wear one kind of ap-
parel or some other kind-whether
they sell merchandise or consume
and raise plants and
animals.
The fellow who is doing things in
order that he may display his actss
% the community and get them to
notice that he did it, should ana
we himself and see if he can find
to do that he really wants
% do for his locality just because it
las merit and will be good for the
or some of the people
n it. We need some of that kind
# service from a large number Of
'eople, and when men are impelled
" that kind of purpose, their acts
eally count for much.