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The Washington times., 1921-04-04
FLO T0SUE IN
BEHALF F0FSON
Aband5ns Hope Of Marrying
StiIIman and Will Seek Legal
Protection for Baby.

NEW YORK, April 4.-Florence
Lawlor Leeds, beautiful woman of
mystery in the thrilling Stillman di-
vorce, has determined to protect her
interests and those of her thirty-one
months old son, "Jay Ward Leeds
whose reputed father is James A.
Stillman.
FROM CLOSE FRIEND.
This startling information came
today from one who has been
close friend and adviser of Mrs,
Leeds in her relations with Mr.. Still
man for more than a year.
Weary of the fugitive" travels
and the ducking and lodging over
a large part of the United States
and Cuba during the past fortnight
the former chorus girl Is on the
verge of taking decisive legal &C
ton.
She has already retained an attor.
ney. and Is now seriously and favor
ably considering the possibility OF
actively intervening in the Stillman
divorce suit on behalf Of her son
Mrs. Leeds may even apply to the
courts for the appointment Of a
guardian for little "Jay," the sturdy
tow-headed youngster who calls
James A. Stillman daddy" In view
OF promises said to have been made
to her in the past. Mrs. Leeds in
Inmates have advised her. she is
justified in securing, IL can. a judicial
determination of the parentage of
her son and other legal protection
be questioned, the meaning of this
don 10 NAT thia.
That FLO" Lawlor feels the pro.
tective tug of motherhood stronger
than any other instinct and that she
will go to any lengths to see that
her son secures a square deal"
II fear Jay and / are going to get
the worst Of 1t. l hate the position
We are in now. but 1t may be worse
later. Now IL the time for me to
nght And I am eoing'to fight. I can
get along. but my baby must be pro-
tected." ... ....
Mrs. Leeds" her friends say, now
realizes that her chances. of eventual
marriage with Mr.. stillman (and she
has lived in hopes of this for years)
have now gone glimmering.
She Is now said to realize that II
Stillman transfers his residence to
Europe It will not be for the purpose
Of securing q divorce in France
or elsewhere, to marry her.
A cumulative series of events have
led MRS. Leeds" to her present frame
Of mind.
The latest of these, 1t is learned.
is the injection on the part OF this
Stillman forces Of q real "Leeds"-
a young man who is put forth as the
'reap parents of "Jay Ward Leeds
Mrs. Leeds" regards this as an evil
dent attempt to sacrifice her and dis
avow Stillman's alleged parentage o.
her son.
within a very few days, Mrs. Leeds
was in the vicinity of New York. At
this time she received word:
IT you set foot in New York Mr..
Stillmna will have nothing more to do
with you"
Mrs. Leeds regarded this. IL is said.
as nothing other than a cold blooded
threat.
Incidentally, n Is said, StilIman con-
cealed even from his attorneys the
story of his association with "Flo"
Lawlor.
He did not even mention the possi-
bility OF a terrific Counter blast"
that lay in his relationship with "Mrs.
Leeds"
The Washington times., 1921-04-04
BROTHER OF GREEK
KING SLAIN, REPORT


LONDON, April 4.-Prince
Andrew, a brother of King
Constantine of Greece is re-
ported to have been killed at
Broussa according to a dis
patch from Constantinople to-
day.
Prince Andrew was thirty
nine years old, and was a col
onel in the Greek army. He
was married at Darmstadt,
Germany, in 1903 to Princess
Alice OF Battenberg, a blood
relative of the English family
of Battenbergs. There are
three Children, all girls.
The Washington times., 1921-04-04

he Is we'll supplied with toy trucks,
engines. ducks and the live alligator
that swims In the palm room foun-
tain of his hotel
Guy, who has been quite friendly
with newspaper representatives. since
the novelty OF their presence has
worn of. solemnly shook hands with
each this morning and said, Good
by"
Detectives Murphy and Hunt had
seen MT to fnd his unrestrained in
terViews with the press unbecoming
In one or his position. In fact. Detec-
tives Murphy and Hunt alone OF the
local Stillmsn routine are always in
evidence.
The Washington times., 1921-04-04
ST|LLMAN GIRL TO
REMAIN NEUTRAL"
Anne Unable to Decide Whether
To Support Her Mother
or Father.

LAKEWOOD, N. j.. April 4-The
little domestic circle which has
cheered Mrs. Anne U. Stillman through
the Easter holidays viii be broken
today when Buddy" James, jr, re-
turns to Milton Academy.
Throughout the ten days OF his
visit Mrs. stillman devoted herself
entirely to the seventeen-year-old lad
who so loyalty champions her cause
In his fathers divorce action.
Today friends OF the aueenly so
cioty woman whose good name Is at
tackled by her husband made II den
.nitely Understood that the daughter
The Washington times., 1921-04-04
JOY RIDERS WHO FLIRTED
WITH DEATH ARE FINED

BRISTOL, Va April AFTER
piunging in an automobile $50 feet
down a precipice at Dug Hill, near
Gate City, Va, and escaping with
only scratches, the members of a
party of young persons were fined in
the Gate City police court on charges
of disorderly conduct. Tho automo-
bile was demolished.
The Washington times., 1921-04-04
BY WIN. DE LEF-rwICH DODGE.


NEW YORK, April Al find the
eyes the principal point Of resem-
oiance between the pictures of Guy
Stillman and James Alexander Still
man. The eyes in both cases are
placed in the head quite deeply and
wide apart. The arch OF the eve
brows over the eyes would be pecu-
liarly alike for persons who were un-
related.
The high brow of both the baby and
the man Is another striking point Of
resemblance. Both are square headed
The nose OF baby is. of course. an
indeterminate thing. but II is strange
that Mr.. James Stillman and the babv
he disowns should have wide nostril,
and a rather unusually long space be-
tween the nose and the upper lin.
A. full neither lip is perceptible in
both pictures. Baby GUYS mouth
seems to drop a little, but that is onIv
an expression of the frmness which
his father shows in apparent grin
ping of the two lips.
The breadth OF forehead, the width
between the eyes, the wide nostrils
the strong look in both faces, these
should think are the main points Of
resemblance between the two faces
The relationship seems most obvious
from this expression, which ia power-
ful enough characteristic of the two
natures, as seen from these two
photographs, to guarantee some close
relationship between the baby and
the man
The Washington times., 1921-04-04
KING WINS AT TENNIS;
FAIR PARTNER DOES IT

CANNES, France, April A.
King met king on the tennis
courts here, but most Of the
playing was done by their team
mates of the fair sex.
Mile. Lenglen. woman cham
pion of France, and ex-king
Manuel, of Portugal, defeated
Miss Beamish, an Englishwom-
an, and the King Of Sweden.
Mile. Lenglen repeatedly saved
Manuel from losing the game.
The Washington times., 1921-04-04
DISTRICT MAN ENDS
LIFE IN WEST VIRGINIA

BERKELEY SPRINGS, w. Va,
April 4.-Dennis Hinton, aged forty
a Washington negro, committed sui
eide here, Ruth Horner. who was
passing the house. barely escaped be-
ing struck by a first bullet that went
wild.
Hinton had come here in poor
health and was stopping at the house
of Sophia Colley. colored. He had
about 800 in money, a diamond ring
worth $3.50 and other property.
The Washington times., 1921-04-04
Would dYouAdvise Meto Take
Nuxated Iron?-IAm Weak
NERVOUS, and "ALL PLAYED OUT" after my days
work, but times are hard" and money and do
not spend cent that absolutely necessary

.rd ~s. dcut to make MONEY and than
NIGOR STRENGTH endurance hard times help
difficulties stumbling blocks
would YOU SAY should do he had
WEAK LEGS legs but had got his @ BY running after you
he DO Ihe
REQUIRE MORE BODILY AND MENTAL vGOR
purchase anything
rsnx Youd
The Washington times., 1921-04-04
BPED REPTILES TORULE
WORLD, SAYS SCIENTIST

ABERDEEN. Scotland, April a.
The world may be ruled by q race
Of bipcd reptiles in 100000 years
or so. according to J. A. Thompson,
professor Of natural history in Aber-
deem University. The collared lizard
of New Zealand, he explained in an
address, is already learning to be-
come a biped and IL it masters this
secret of mans supremacy the rest
may follow.
The Washington times., 1921-04-04
Eyes, Nose, Lips
Are Identical

Nicholas Murray has achieved fame
as a character photographer. In his
studio at 10 Macdougul street are to
6e found pictures of men Dhom he
has studied and reproduced ON his
photographic plate Uith care aud
patience.
The Washington times., 1921-04-04
Brow of Banker
And Boy Alike

William de LeftVich Dodge is a
distinguished American painter. He
IS speci$t student of faces, and has
a reputation among felioU artists
for detecting resembLances. His
studio IS at 81 West Tenth street.
The Washington times., 1921-04-04

The planet Neptune was discovered
in 1886.
The Washington times., 1921-04-04

ADVERTISEMENT.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-04-07
NEXT HOG SHIPMENT. April.
18th.

Our next hog shipment will be
April 18th. In the last shipment of
March 25th, the prices contained were
as follows: pigs from 40 to 1876 lbs.
brought 1895, from 1876 to ITO bro
ught $3.50, from It's up brought $9.75.
If you want to ship April 18th do not
fail to list your hogs and if you list
them please do not fail to deliver
them. The Farm Bureau belongs to
each farmer of Lafayette County
just as if he owned it all, which is
dealing with your market for your
products and when you list anything
for shipment and fail to deliver it ac-
cording to promise, you are helping
to cripple your Bureau and thereby
bringing damage to your self. l
doubt if there is a County in Miss.
who can boast of a class of farmers
that are made Of a truer bule than
the Yomenrv of old Lafayette. There
are only few to break ranks and l
think this is a. case of oversight or
forgetfullness. We are engaged in a
great work and let us put our should
ers to the wheel and push and pull to-
gether.
O. F. TURNER
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-04-07
MYSELF

I have to live with myself, and so
| want to be fit for myself to know;
/ want to be able, as days go by,
Always to look myself straight in the
eye;
/ don't want to stand with the setting
sun,
And hate myself for the things I've
done.
| don't want to keep on closet shelf
A lot of secrets about myself,
And fool myself, as l come and go,
into thinking that nobody else will
know
The kind of man l really am;
don't want to dress up myself in
sham.
want to go out with my head erect,
want to deserve all mems respect;
But here in the struggle for fame and
pelf
I want to be able to like myself;
/ don't want to look at myself and
know
That Pm buster and bluff and empty
show.
II can never hide myself from me;
II see what other may never see;
l know what others may never know;
| never can fool myself, and so,
Whatever happens | want to be
|Self-respecting and conscience free.
Edgar A. Guest in Security News.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-04-07
NOTICE
Sale of Real and Personal Property

Pursuant to the provisions Of a
Deed Of Trust to me, executed as
Trustee by K. H. Gamble and wife Mrs
Nell Gamble in favor Of The Guaranty
Bank and Trust Company of Oxford,
Mississippi to secure certain indebted
ness therein mentioned, which is re-
corded in Book rs, Page 191, in the
Chancery Clerks office Of the County
Of Lafayette and the State Of Missis-
sippi, will at the request of the bene-
ficary in said Deed of Trust proceed to
sell for CASH, to the highest bidder,
within lawful hours, in front of the
South door of the Court House in Ok
ford, Miss, on the End day of Way,
1921, the following described property,
lying and being in the County of La
!fayette, and the State OF Mississippi,
!tO-wit:
25 acres off the south side of the
west half of the northwest quarter of
section Is, Twp. s, Ranges, west; 80
acres off the north part of the west
half of the south west quarter of sect
ion 10, Twp. 8, range, three; also 55
acres off the nortn side of. the west
|half of the north west quarter of sect
ion IS, Twp. s, range, three, west.
This being the ITO acres conveyed by
H. r. Smith to f. H. Gamble; also the
homestead of E. H. Gamble, described
as follows; Beginning at the North
east corner of Tom Rowell's lot and
running with the Oxford and College
Hill road to the road leading to the
Elijah Sparks residence, thence west
70 yards, thence south to the north
west corner of the Rowell lot, and
thence east to the point of beginning,
being in section 20, Twp. 8, range,
three, west, containing acres more
or less, and being better known as the
former residence ofsBaXter Sparks.
The title to the above property is be-
|lieved to be good, but | will convey
only such title as is vested in me as
Trustee.
Witness my signature this the %,
day of March 1921,
J. S. DOUGLASS, Trustee.
March 24-31 April TIA.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-04-07
NOTICE.

Notice to all parties interested in
the Anderson Drainage District of
Lafayette and Marshall counties, Mis-
sissippi.
You will take notice that the dis
trict Commissioners of the Anderson
Drainage District, of said counties,
and State, have petitioned the County
Board of Drainage Commissioners of
Lafayette County, Mississippi, to is
sue Bonds in the sum of $4,000 to
complete the improvements in the
said District and that they have made
assessments upon the lands of the
said District benefited by the inn
provements, to provide for said Bond
issue and have filed said assessment
Roll in the office of the Clerk of the
Drainage Board and Chancery Clerk
in Oxford, Mississippi, and that the
County Board Of Drainage Com
missioners of Lafayette County, Miss,
will meet in the Court House in Ok
ford, Miss, on the 9Th day Of April,
1921, at 10 o'clock A. NJ. to hear any
and all objections to said extra as
sessment.
Given under my hand and seal of
office at Oxford, Miss, this the 22nd
day of March, 1921.
w. M. WOODWARD,
Chancery Clerk and Clerk of the
County Drainage Board of La
fayette County, Miss
March 24-31-April z.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-04-07

In balanced rations; and, secondly,
because it makes possible the utiliza
ton Of q great quantity of cereal by
products which cannot be profitable
or economically used in any other
way. AS the seasons advance, this
will be found of far greater impor-
lance to the country than ever before.
The Time Is Ripe.
Customs change so gradually that
they sdRG0nnGs present an entire new
front before we are aware that they
have altered at all. 1t takes jolt
to waken US to new conditions. Mix
ed feeds are not used for the fun of
it, but because farmers realize that
a prepared balanced ration is the
most et onomical way to produce
milk, or to finish stock for the mar
ket, or to give your stock a proper
start in life, or for many other pur-
poses for which it is specially pre-
pared. The feeding of stock is now
an exact science and farmers are
becominbg increasingly aware of it.
Look into it.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-04-07
OFFICE OF U. S. INTERNAL REV
ENUE COLLECTOR.
District OF Mississippi.
Notice OF Sale.

Whereas, certain property of Oscar
Palmer, hereinafter described, has
been distrained by the Collector of In
ternal Revenue, for the District of
Mississippi, to secure the payment of
taxes, amounting to $1O9.65, making
a total of $1922.15, due the United
States by the said Oscar Palmer, for
the year 1920, which remains unpaid;
and whereas, the said property is sub
ject to sale under the Internal Reve-
nue. Laws of the United States, for the
purpose of satisfying said indebted
ness.
Now, therefore, notice is hereby
given that | will, at the Postoffice,
in the village of Paris, Mississippi,
within legal hours, Tuesday, the 10Th
day of April, A. D., 1921, for the pur-
pose above mentioned, offer for sale
and sell at public cutlery to the high
est bidder for cash, the following de-
scribed real estate so seized and dis
trained, to-wit:
81 "a acres on the south side of
the S. w. Ia of the S. E. IA of Sec
ton 81, Township 10, Range 2, west;
6 ga acres off the S. w. Ia of the
is. f. IA Of Section 81, Township 10s
Range 2, west; and the S. w. IA of
Section 81, Township 10. Range 2,
west, except 81 3-4 acres in the north
east part, containing in all 166 ga
acres, and being known as the former
homestead of the late S. J. Palmer,
deceased, in Lafayette County, Mis-
sissippi.
Witness my signature. at Jackson,
Mississippi, this the 18th day Of
March, 1921.
G. L. DONALD, Collector of
Internal Revenue for the Dis
trict of Mississippi
BY T. J. WYATT, Deputy Collec-
tor.
March 24-31-April TIA.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-04-07
April Z. 1921
NEW POWER RATE.

Be it ordered by the Mayer and
Commissioners of the City of Oxford,
Miss, that the following rate of pow
er of electric current be adopted:
Electric Power Rates, For City of Ok
ford, Mississippi.
All electric motors that are con-
nected for service shall pay month
lv service charge, of not less than
thirty-five (35) cents per horse power
per month. 1t is provided that small
motors less than five (5) horse power
or fractions of a horse power, snail
not pay less than the established
minimum rate of $3.50 per month.
Current rates per XIV. hour.
First. 1OO-kw. or fractional Z IL
cts. per XIV. hour.
2nd 1OO-kw. or fraction, at 6 IL cts.
per XIV. hour.
,3rd. 1OO-kw. or fraction, at Il cts
per XIV. hour.
All over 300-kw. per month, at D cts.
per XIV. hour
Application of above rates, eX-
ample:
Motor uses $50 XIV per month.
First-1OO XIV at 7 IL cts. SOU
Second-1OO XIV at 6 IL cts. 6.20
Thrd-1O0 XIV at 5 IL Cts. 9'50
Next-150 XIV at > cts...... ''oo
w. D. PORTER, Clerk.
april 7-14)
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-04-07
WILL 1T WORK?

Years ago the public whipping
post was abolished as being detri-
ment to enlightened humanity. 1t
was believed that respect for and OBJ
servance of the law could be main
tanned by other and more humani-
tartan methods.
In Delaware at least the reform
appears to have proven failure, and
the whipping post is to be revived
So much the news dispatches tell
US.
1t is frankly admitted that prison
sentences alone are not sufficient to
check the alarming wave of crime IN
that state, and the officials as last
resort will resurrelt the ancient Gus
tom.
In the golden days of the western
frontier the respectable element of a
community adopted equally forcible
methods when the law officers failed
to curb the "bad men," They organ
lied vigilance committees, took the
law into their own hands, and deco
rated convenient limbs of trees with
the dangling bodies of the despera-
does.
1t was less spectacular. TINA pub
lie whipping, but quite as effective
and more lasting as a cure-at least
in the case of the danglers.
Delaware is not the only sick spot
in this country today. Crime is ram
pant in practically all of the centers
of population and the ordinary func-
tioning of law appears incapable OF
checking it.
1t is uncomfortable that present
conditions are to be allowed to con-
tinue indefinitely. An evil uncheck-
ed soon grows to engulfing proper
lions. 1t enlarges and expands until
eventually it destroys every moral
froce that opposes it.
We are not prepared at this time
to advocate whipping posts or the
art of dangling, except in the last
extremity, although we frankly adj
nit the urgent necessity of some rad
zeal measure that will make this coun-
try safe for people who themselves
respect and obey the law.
The Delaware experiment will be
watched with considerable interest by
students of criminology.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-04-07
CHANCERY SUMMONS

The State of Mississippi.
To the unknown heirs of d. c. Whit
more and unknown parties in interest
and all persons having or claiming
any legal or equitable interest in the
lands described as follows, to wit:
The Northwest Quarter of Section %
Township 6, Range 5, West, in Lafay-
cite County, Mississippi, and being
the same land sold to Moses Hudson
by w. B. McGraw January II, 1872.
You are hereby commanded to APP
pear before the Chancery Court of the
County of Lafayette, in said State, on
the Fourth Monday of May, 1921, to
defend the suit in said Court of w. j.
Phillips for the confirming and quit
ting in him the title to above lands
and the removal of clouds therefrom.
wherein you are defendants.
This the 1st day Of February, 1921,
w. M. WOODWARD,
lChancery Court Clerk.
(SEAL)
L. A. Smith, Solicitor.
Feb. 3-1O-17 "a March 3-10-17-24- 81
April 7.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-04-07
YOUR HOME, AND OURS.

No matter how much of chest.
nut a story may be, it is always new
to the person who hears it for the
first time. -. ~
1t is even so when we advocate
faith in, loyalty to, and the building
up of the home community. We have
written and preached until the sub
ject has almost become chestnut
vet in every new effort of our per
there is sentence somewhere that
strikes a sympathetic chord in the
heart of some person. No effort fol
local betterment is entirely in vain.
We live in this town because we
believe in it. We believe in it be-
cause it is a good town, regardless OF
its few defects, and its people are
the peers of those to be found any
where.
Oxford may not have the wealth
of some more favored communities,
but it has character, and character
is possession which can not be pur-
chased with gold.
If you believe in your home town
You will like it, and if you like it no
effort toward its improvement will be
TOO great for you.
Again we ask you who have faith
in your own powers to also have faith
in your own town.
When you feel like criticising it,
check the thought before it is spok-
en-. You can always find something
good to say sinstead, and even then
the half of the truth will never be
told.
1t is a good town now, but faith,
loyalty and united action will make it
a better one.
Our faith in Oxford. brother, is
simply faith in you, because the town
is collection of yous.
Surely your faith is not less than
ours.
Let us unite-let US actor a
better and more cohesive communi-
ty.
1t is your homeland ours.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-04-07

To Cora Wiley, Henderson Wiley
and Robert Wiley, each OF
whose Post Office Address is 211
South Street, St. Louis, Missouri.
Each of you is hereby commanded to
appear before the Chancery Court of
Lafayette County, Mississippi, on the
Fourth Monday of May, 1921, to de-
fend the suit in said court of DR.. A
E. Russell, Guardian VS.. Cora Wiley
ct ais. No. 4310, wherein each of you
are defendants. This is the matter OF
the final account of said Guardian
day filed.
This the % day of March, 1921.
w. NJ. WOODWARD. Clerk.
By G. A. WOODWARD, d. c.
March 24-31, April TIA.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-04-07
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI

To Carl Anderson, whose post office
address is Charlottesville, Missouri:
You are hereby commanded to ap-
pear before the Chancery Court of the
County of Lafayette, in said State, on
the fourth Monday of May, A. D. 1921
to show cause, if any you can, why the
final account of your guardian J. B.
Anderson should not be allowed and
approved, wherein you, as ward, are
defendant.
This 25 day of March, 1921.
w. M. WOODWARD, Clerk.
Harry M. Bryan, SOL for Guardian.
March 81 April TIA
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-04-07
(SEAL'
NONRESIDENT NOTICE.
No. 1916.
Glib Starnes, Executor,

No. 1916.
Glib Starnes, Executor,
VS..
Estate of J. w. Starnes, Deceased.
To Curtis Starnes, whose postoffice
address is unknown, and who is a
nonresident of this state:
You are commanded to appear be-
fore the chancery court of Lafayette
county, Miss, on the 4th Monday OF
May, 1921, to plead, answer or de-
nun to the final account of Glib
Starnes, executor of the estate of j
w. Starnes, deceased.
Given under my hand and official
seal of office at Oxford, Miss, this
March 80, 1921.
w. M. WOODWARD,
Clerk
John Falkner, Jr., Solicitor for
Executor.
March 31-April Z 14-21.