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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-09-29
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION.

Notice is hereby given that a spe-
ciai election will be held on the Bird
day of October, 1921, at Dallas voting
place in Dallas road district of Beat
5, for the purpose of submitting to
the qualified electors of said road dis
trict as the same is hereinafter de-
scribed, for ratification or rejection,
the proposal of the Board of Super
visors of Lafayette county, Miss,
adopted by the September, 1921, meet
ing, to issue and sell the bonds of
said road district, or territory, in, the
maximum sum Of not exceeding $751;
600, for the purpose OF constructing
and maintaining one or more high
ways for said district for the conven-
fence of the travelling public. The said
Dallas road district of Beat 5 in said
county being described as the territory
included in the following: Sections 4,
s, s, 9, IA, Is, 16, II, 20, 81, 20, 49,
"a. rs, 26, 27, %, 20, 80, SO, "a, 80,
SO, and all that part Of Sections 8,
10, II and 13, that lies south and west
of Yocona river, all in township 10,
range /, west; all of Sections 32, 33,
"a, lying south and west of Yocona
river in township 9. range l, west.
A
fayette county, Miss.
Witness the signatures of the cleo
ton commissioners of Lafayette coun-
ty, Miss.
This the 7th day of September, 1921.
d. T. MITCHELL.
A. M. HALL.
]. M. JOHNSON.
Commissioners.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-09-29
YOUR GOOD AND OURS.

AS you wander along the highways
and the byways of this town it is pos
sible that you see many things which
you think should not be.
Do you ever speak of these things
to people who have the power to cor
rection?
Does it occur to you that their abb
sorption in other duties may have
caused them to overlook some of the
things that are so plain to you?
Do you realize that their brains
plus yours are more potent than then
brains alone?
Every man owes duty to the COM
munity that shelters and sustains him
The duty is to aid in the advance
ment of the welfare of the community
sa whole.
Calling attention to undesirable con-
ditions is not necessarily reflection
upon the constituted authorities. One
pair of eyes can not see everything
neither can one brain mastre every
thing-and the Lord does not provide
any man with more of either
1t may not be possible for the au-
thorities to make prompt correction
of conditions you report, as there is a
limit to their possibilities. But your
report will impress them upon theii
minds, and in time they may be able
to afford the desired relief.
This community has reached it:
present state Of desirability through
the efforts of all of our people. Il
will become even more desirable as
we bend additional efforts to thai
end.
Speak up and be heard. Your criti
cisms are of no value until you make
a noise.
1t is for your good and ours.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-09-29
No. 52Ss.

State of Mississippi,
County of Lafayette,
To w. E. Goodwin, whose post office
address is Sacramento, Califor-
MIA.
You are commanded to appear be-
fore the Chancery Court of Lafayette
County, Mississippi, in the city of Ok
ford, Mississippi, at the court house
thereof, on the 18th Monday of No
vember, 1921, to plead, answer or de-
muir to the Bill Of D. L. Goodwin, to
which you are the defendant.
Given under my hand and official
seal at Oxford, Miss, this Septem-
Der 26th, 1921.
W. M. WOODWARD, Clerk.
L. G. Hutton.
Sol. for Complainant.
Sept. 29-Oct 7-14-21.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-09-29
WHERE Do YOU GET YOUR
MAIL?

Through some mistake of the mail
ing cierk somebody is missing tnell
paper. these papers are returned to
us, evidently because they are put ul
in the wrong packages. BY dropping
us card, giving your correct posi-
office address, you will receive the
paper-they have been paid for and
you are entitled to them. Here are
the names of the papers being re-
turned to us undelivered, either
through error in name or postof1ice
address,:
S. S. Nester, paid to Jan. 80 1922.
j. f. Sanders, paid to March 26
1922.
W. A. simson, paid to March 1s
1922.
Annie Leslie Beard, paid to July
20, 1922.
We will thank anyone who will
give us the correct address of the
above named subscribers.
OXFORD EAGLE.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-09-29
TOO BIG BUSINESS.

Rockefeller is presumably the rich
est man in the world. His wealth is
so great that even he can not estimate
it. Yet ever yday sees him a richer
man.
Henry FGord very poor man few
years ago, is now said to be worth
$250,000, 900 or more, all accumulated
with in a few years of time Henry
is still grinding out hzzies and raking
in the pennies.
The number of our plutocrats is so
great that their combined wealth is
staggering and still they multiply in
both numbers and wealth.
The war brought enormous wealth to
this country, but the great majority
of it went into the swollen Golfers
of the minority. The majority were
permitted sniff.
Some say that we are cursed with
bi gbusiness. But that we do not
concede. 1t is because of big business
that this is big country.
But Their is such thing as Too Big
Business.
Whe ma concern reaches proper
tons where it ca ndon1inate every
thing in its line and regulate prices
without regard to competition Of the
law of supply and demand, it ceases
to eb national asset and becomes
instead burden to tn epeople.
It is too big to be safe.
If men could take their wealth to
hevaen and enjoy it there we could
understand why they continue to a.
mass enormous fortunes which they
can not possibly spend.
The great wealth that thus passes
into the hands Of limited number
simply reduces the amount in the
hands Of the mass Of the people. AS
the few become bloated the many
become emaciated.
Congress should no longer sllirk its
plain duty to the people, It should
place limit upon the income which
any one man may enjoy. II should
confiscate every dollar Of that income
above the limit ii the form of taxa
ton and thus reduce the burden which
rests 50 heavily upon II eshonlders
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-09-29
AS THE EDITOR SEES 1T.

The bitter fight that is being wag-
ed between the Ku Klux Khan and a
rival organization that has sprung in
to existence for the avowed purpose
of crushing it is being carefully watch
ed by many millions of Americans
whose minds are as yet open on the
subject.
Shrewd observers are of the opin-
ion that it is to be battle of giants,
and the outcome is difficult to fore
tell.
But whatever the outcome, it is well
for both sides to understand that this
country does not desire people who
can not conscientiously subscribe to
the doctrine of 100 Per Cent Ameri-
canism,' regardless of who they may
be-
The man who lives up to this doc
trine will have nothing to fear from
any true American.
The man who does not live up to
it is the enemy of every true Ameri-
can.
There is no middle course.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-09-29
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION

Notice is hereby given that Spe
cial Election will be held in the Cy-
press Separate Road District, at San
ders voting precinct. October 9Th,
1921, for the purpose of submitting to
the qualified electors of said road
district, for the ratification or rejec-
ton, the proposal, of the Board of
supervisors of Lafayette County,
mississippi, adopted at the Septem-
Der, 1921, Meeting, to issue and sell
the bonds of said road district, or ter
ritory, in the sum of 100000 for the
purpose of constructing and main
tanning one or more highways in said
district for the convenience of the
..veling public.
,shereas, the said Board of Super
tvisors. upon a petition filed with said
board asking that the territors men
ltioned therein be oywa.sized and GREAT
led into a Sc. ,arate road district under
chapter Ito of the laws of Mississippi
sof 1914 and all amendments thereto
land, whereas the Board did gra,t the
prayer of said petition and name said
q strict the Cypress Separate Road
t.iet, and did create the territory
1 ..scfelA mentioned III TO separate
! Ao.-u uisLiiet i.nu permit 1T ~ come
!
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-09-29
RED CROSS ROOMS LOCATED

The Red Cross Room is over Mr..
Joe Friedman's store under the sup
ervision of Miss Alexander the newly
appointed County Red Cross Nurse.
Miss Alexander has been touring
the county around for the past week
getting acquainted with the people
an dfinding out their needs, and we
predict great deal of good being
done in her line of work.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-09-29
NOTICE.
-. e ...ll.-..--


The undersigned Clerk Of the BOARD
of Supervisors Of Lafayette county
Mississippi, will receive sealed bids vi
until IL o'clock noon, Tuesday, October
9TH. 1921, for the building Of 16E
foot bridge across Buzzard's Roosi
slough on Wyatt levee in Beat 3, alse
the building Of 6 bridges Of various
sizes on the Mathis road in the Beat
Three Road District. All said bridges
to be built according to plans and
specifications now on file in the Chan
Gerry Clerks office. The Board re.
serves the right to reject any and
bids and let same at public cutlery.
This September 9th. 1921.
w. M. WOODWARD. Clerk.
Sept. 1929.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-09-29

of people VINO can ill afford it.
Big bsiness should be protected and
regulated.
Too big business should be prohibit
ted.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-09-29

That college professor who remark
ed that ninety per cent of the women
are ugly is a disappointed old bird.
Most of the editors forgot to mention
his name.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-09-29
FOR SALE.

800 acres best land in Bolivar coun-
ty for sale; No commissions, nine good
new houses; seven thousand dollars,
Jan. 1st, balance five years or more
to suit purchaser; gravel road through
place. Land will pay for itself in five
wears; good chance for poor man want
ing permanent home. come and in
vestigate. Graham and Burke, Shaw,
Miss.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-09-29

An exchange remarks that the WORLD
is full Of sgood fellows" And per-
|haps that is the reason there are SO
many divorces.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-09-29

Some people often wonder why their
|neighbors dislike them SO much, but
they are too wise to ask.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-09-29

Study the faults Of your neighbor'
It may teach You how to avoid com
Uniting the same offenses, IS
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-09-29

Keep the home fires burning this
winter. The coal man needs the
money.
We feel sorry for the woman who
marries man in order to reform him
These last chances are often worse
than no chance at all.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-09-29

You can't always tell the calibre
of fool by the noise he makes. He
may be even worse than he sounds.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-09-29

Yes, we know man in this town
who reads his bible every day. He's
la preacher.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-09-29
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OXFORD. MISSISSIPPI

things neglected when the going was
good. Why not do the little" things
now?
The man who says it is no use, and
acts it, is the one who will have to
pay his share of profit to the man-
who-can because he IS the man-wI1o-
does, writes SUGARMAN'S INDI-
GATOR.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-09-29

Well, well, well! Press dispatches
have informed us that President Har-
ding has broken all records Of pres
idents at playing golf.
Quite an achievement, indeed!
Keep up your strife, Mr.. President,
but don't limit it to golf.
Golf affords you relaxation, to
which you are entitled.
Restoration of the country to some
thing resembling normal conditions
would afford the people vast relief
to which they are entitled.
Go to it and stay with it.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-09-29
AS THE EDITOR SEES IT.


Government reports indicate slight
improvement in business conditions
throughout the country.
Money is not quite so tight, many
of the unemployed are finding work,
labor and capital are attempting to
lessen the chasm between them, and a
general feeling of optimism is in evil
dence.
We of this town are only a drop in
the great American bucket, but every
drop forms a part of the whole.
Let US spread the good tidings and
keep htem moving. Let us give them
practical support by uor own efforts.
Let us be of good cheer and instill the
same in the hearts of others.
Hope never dies in the. heart that is
nafraid. It is only the weakling who
gives up Just as the fight is being
won.
Better times are just ahead of us.
If we hasten our steps they will
soon be with us.
Step lively and keep stepping.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-09-29

VIM. A. LONG, Mgr U. NJ. Lyceum.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-07-01
THE CHARM OF PYRoTEcHNIcS

THE city is to be congratulated for not
l. interpreting sane Fourth" as a dull.
stupid and uncvCntful national holiday The
granting Of fifteen permits for the display Of
fireworks by community organizations is
quite in keeping with tn" fostal spirit
There are no secondary Intentions" no
inSidiuuS "back thoughts no hidden and
disturbing implications in pyrOtcchnics as a
display in tho heavens. They are simply and
frankly. openly and unaffcctodly. naivcly aud
charmngIy beautiful. But like many of the
most nGratiating inventions of man. they
are dangerous in the hands Of the nexpprt.
The municipality has carefully considered
This rcgrcttablc feature of their make up
ana the licenses have been granted only
after II careful survey of the special cir
cum>tanrrs of each ease. One permit was
denied because no point could be found where
the pieces could he sot of nj n distance more
than 200 feet away from noighborng build
ngS.
1t is significant that virtually all Of the
exhibitions planned will be given in the
suburbs or outlying districts Of tho city.
The time may com" when municipal displays
Of fireworks in Fairmount Park may be re
vivcd The display, as city expenditures GO.
would NOT be hUrdcnSomcly costly 1t could
be- mad" n brilliant and attractive feature
of tho celebration in the birthplace of Amcri
can liberty.
Under proper supervision the pcrilS Of the
undertaking could bo reduced to n minimum.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-07-01
ArRlUMPH OE WIRELESS

IIRILANT army men ave talking today
y Of the cease" with which their hiers
located and bombed the appointed target
whon in a vast sham battle with the navy.
they found the battleship Iowa in open water
of the Capos and dropped two heavy bombs
on her within two hours after they had been
sent to scout over som" hundreds Of miles
uf ocean for the Invading feet " Yet the
triumph Of the fving mon palcs a little in
comparison with tn" work done on that oc.
cuSion by radio men in the navy.
The old Iowa was found stcaming along
at lively clip. She turned when tn" airmcn
appeared and mancuvcred to avoid their
bombs Yet there was not a soul aboard of
her. Her bridge. her engine room. her
cabins were deserted, Wireless impulses
from another vessel five miles astcrn on
Grated her steam valves and her ruddrr and
even governed the pressure Of steam in her
generators,
The limit Of radio control for battlcShip.
or airplnneS- is not five miles. How great
it is only the radio engineers know. To
imagine what the next war may be likc--.If
there is to be n next wNr--you may imagine
vessel like the Iowa loaded with high ex
plosivcs and scV pcll ll-mcll into the heart
of an opposed fleet or an airplane similarly
charged sent wing'ng through the air and
dropped into the streets of y besieged city.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-07-01
Philsdeiphis, Friday. July |. 1921
HALLS GAS PLAN

HOUNClLMAN HALLS proposal that the
~ price of gas be- raised to 81 - n thousand
feet would make considerable increase in
the revenues of the gas company.
Yet tho Councilman says that he makes
the proposal in the interest of the con
sumers. II believe the public is willing to
pay well for good service, he says.
The public is willing to pay a reasonable
price for what 1t gets, but it will not regard
with any enthusiasm the prospect Of an in
crease of - per cent in the amount Of its
gas bills
OF the present price Of 81 thousand
cubic feet. only seventy five cents goes into
the treasury of the gas company. The other
twenty five cents goes into the city Treas
ury, where it is withdrawn by the vote of
Councilman Hall and those who vote with
him to pay. among other things. the salaries
of useless employees in their friend Judge
Browns Municipal Court and to pay the
street cleaning contractors Sl10.OOO profit
for the last three months of the year which
might have been saved to the taxpayers if
Mr.. Hall had the public interest rs much at
heart as he processes.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-07-01
THE FIRST TARIFF STEP

THE first thing to note in connection with
l. the Fordncy Tariff Bill is that it *
not the bill which finally will be passed
The House of Representatives surrcn-
dcred its tariff; making functions years ago.
The Ways and Means Committee has been
in the habit of drafting bill and reporting
it to the House. Then after about a week
of debate tho bill has been passed under a
special rule and forwarded to the Senate.
The Senate takes up tho matter and drafts
such n bill aS seems best to it. passes il aud
sends it over to the House. and the House
usually agrees with the Senate In one
notorious instance the Senate eliminated all
but the cnactiDg clause from the House bill
and substituted an entirely new bill of its
own.
The reason for the adoption of this method
is that the House is so big that it cannot
construct n bill affecting so many interests
as are affected BY "A Tariff Rill. It has be-
come practically imnoSsiblC for tho nrmbcrs
tn aCrrc among themselves on the tariff
schedules. They have t. permit the Senate
tn make the Schedules which they accent
with slight notifications
Representative For,lncy says that the bin
as il has come from his committee will Weld
5000. .OOO. 600 at the present rate Of imports
but he says that he hopes that the bill will
"curb Imports This Is what the old
Tariff Law. The moro enlightened pro-
tectiOnists of the present day are hoping for
n bill that will encourage exports and will
permit such development Of the import
trade will enable the foreign debtors to
pay what they owe to the United States and
to American business men. In other words.
the Tariff Law must he drafted so as to
protect international trade as we'll ms the
home market
1t would be easy to draft n law which
would shut off imports. but it would produce
no revenue. If the law is to give us revenue
it must permit imports in considerable vol
umc. Even Mr.. Fordnpy knows this. Ic
hopes that ii will yield at least 500. .OOO. 600
more revenue than tho present Tariff Law.
Fortunately. tho bill takes COgnizanCc of.
the fact that tho United States has become
creditor nation. for il permits the prcSi-
dent to enter into tariff negotiations with
other nations and to modify the rates fixed
in the bill in such way as to encourage
international trade Some provision Of this
kind must bc in the bill as il Is finally passed
il grave financial disaster is to be avcrtcd.
We cannot ignore the necessities Of the rcst
of the world. our prosperity is tied up
| with the prosperity of France and England
and Germany and Italy and Russia and the
other nations.
If the Senate can perceive this when it
takes up the work of pCrfccting the FOrdnry
| bill. tho measure which is finally scat to the
| President for his signature will Justify
| itself to the Informed intelligence of tho
country
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-07-01
Tile DANES PLEDGE

~ ENERAL DAWES has begun his work
VI in Washington by reminding the men
who spend the public money that they have
some obligations to take CognizanCP of con
ditons outside OF their departments. He
did it by asking all tho bureau chiefs present
at a meeting presided over by Mr.. Harding
to stand and then by raising his right hand
and saying most imrressively to the PrC>i
dent:
5 These men. Of whom 7 am one, reali2a
that the business OF the country Is pros
trate that its working men out OF en-
ployment that we faced with mex
orable necessity OF reducing expenditures.
and propose Just we did four years
ago TO win the war. to try TO do it. And
that's all we can do.
Nobody in Washington has ever before
thought that there was an incXOrable ncccs .
sity TO save money. Everything that Con
gress has appropriated has been spent and
when that was not enough to cover the bills
the succeeding Congress has been asked ia
make additional appropriations to cover the
deficiencies. And Congress has done it,
Mr.. Dawes as the representative of the
President is pledged to bring about rigid
economics, and he has set out to prepare
budget of expenditures for the year just
beginning which shall fall as far as possible
within the appropriations instead of exceed
ing them. Only in this way can there bc
relief from the excessive burden of taxation
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-07-01
NOW MY IDEA IS THIS
Daily Talks With Thinking Phiadephians Subjects They
KnotU Best
of administration and many other

power of administration and many other
varieties.
MANY things that arc learned in college
are forgotten afterward and it is possibly
Just as well that they are. But the main
thing. the residue to be- desired, is the ability
to function ably in the world, to vision, to
conceive, to do and to execute.
The great universities with the means
should be able to provide anything that the
student may seek to learn That takes
largely augmented teaching force and plenty
of money. And yet believe that the teach
ing situation was never better potentially
than it is now. While the wages of many
who went ahead during the war are being
cut. the teacher is going ahead. And he will
not be cut. There is by this time full
realization of his value. The attitude of
the public mind toward education is much
more favorable than it ever has been before.
SO the outlook for better teaching in the
future is very bright.
Social characteristics. of course. play an
important part in success and intellectual
PROGRESS. But | do not believe that they
can be taught formally. The life of the col
lcgc. the meeting with ones fellows, aC-
counts for much of this. A great deal, too,
depends on the students family. their out e
look and the attention which they give him.
Sometimes | think that the young man
best off is the one whose parents are not too
far up the ladder of fame and who have more
time to give to their progeny.
but the immediate problem today is, to
my mind, raising of the quality rather than
the quantity of education.