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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-19
SWORD DWELLING
AT HEIDELBERG
As Popular and COmnloa in German
University as 1t Was 800
Years AGO.
HEIDELBERG, Germany. March IS

HEIDELBERG, Germany, March 49,
sword duelllng in the University OF
Heidelberg IS as popular and as common
today as IT was more than 500 years ago,
when this oldest OF German schools was
founded. Virtually every student WHO
has passed the first year wears a sword
scar on the left side OF his chin or the
left check, or a bandaged head which
iafvertises that the scar is in the max
illg.Hfr.
Anuels do not always arise from anger
or Ql1arrelF, but out of the necessity OF
proyidingtihe student with the diploma
OF sword spIUWess, or TO give him sword
practice whieh affords tile students great
delight They are sometime arranged
like boxing bout bV fraternities winch
have developed certain differences OF
opinion. Five round duels are popular.
Surgeons stand BY to sew up tile
wounds after each round, which usually
last a minute" said a IIeidelburg man
who wore deep scar on his chin. If
neither student is badly damaged the
decided upon, after which the stitches
the surgeons have taken will be counted
and the man with the fewest stitches
will be declared the winner
should, at any time during the en-
counter, combatant dodge sword
stroke his opponent is Immediately de-
clared winner. That Is the unforgiyeable
thing in the students duelling code-to
dodge a stroke"
Except infrequent combats between
older students. when heavy swords are
used dueling in Heidelburg is not dan
gerous. The heads and necks of the
fighters, and the abdomen, are protected
by leather guards.
Some OF tire favorite duellina places
are ancient cafes and beer rooms, the
floors Of which are always covered with
sand. the walls lined with huge mugs
and hung with engravings, old pictures,
and trophies of the tight. These places
are sacred To students and il would be
a serious otfense against custom of half
a thousand years for stranger to wan
der i'll and sit down in some storied
chair.
The university Is still law unto it
self and the civil authorities of the
town OF Heidelberg never. under any
pTeteNt. interfere in student affairs.
Punishment is administered to refrac-
tory students by university authorities.
The university ''jail" IS now in the top
story OF the building. 1t is custom
for the student confined in one of these
cells 10 leave his name and the date Of
his Imprisonment written on the walls.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-19
LEGAL NOTICE.
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.
WILLIAM II. MANN
V.
CLIFFORD II. MANN and
LULU Il. MANN
IN CHANCEESY.
NrIN-DII CDI-NI,N
WINDHANI COUNTY.

Whereas. William II. Mann. of Brattle-
bCro, in the County of Windham and
State of Vermont. filed. in the office of the
Clerk of the Court of Chancery, his petit
tion for foreclosure, on the 18th day Of
March, 1921. against Clifford L. Mann
and Lulu i. Mann, husband and wife, OF
said Brattleboro, setting forth in sub
stance that. on the 9th day of March,
1915. the said Clifford +. Mann and Lulu
+. Mann duly executed to said William II.
Mann a mortgage deed of certain land
situated in the town of BrattleborO, in
said Nindham County. bounded and de-
ScribCd as follows, viz. -
Beginning on the northerly side of
Pine street at a pin marking the :. T..
corner of land herein described, and the
:. w. corner of land owned by Charles Il.
Davis and wife; thence running north
erly on land of said Davis 9 rods to a
stake and stones: thence westerly , rods
rs links to land owned by Mrs. Abbic Il.
Fuller; thence southerly on land of said
Fuller 8 rods 23Ia links to said Pine
street; thence easterly on said Pine street
4 rods > links to the point of beginning
with buildings there. Being the same
premises conveyed TO grant0rS by deed of
Charles /. Finch and wife.
Conditioned for the payment of the sum
of eleven hundred dollars, on demand.
with interest at five per cent, which is
now due and owing, and has not been paid
according TO the effect of the same, and
praying Inat the equity OF redemption OF
the said Clifford u. Mann and Lulu Il.
Mann. in the premises, may be foreclosed
agreeable 20 the provisions of law. And
it appearing that the said Clifford +.
Mann is without the State:
1t Is Ordered. that the plaintiff notify
the said Clifford l.. Mann of the tendency
of said petition, and summon him to APP
pear before the Court of Chancery, at
Newfane, in said Windham County, on
the 26th day Of April, 1921. and also
notify the said Clifford T.. Mann to cause
his appearance to be entered with the |
Clerk of said Court on or before the ex-
piration Of forty-two days from the date |
hereof. then and there in said Court to |
answer the same, by causing the substance !
of said petition and this order to be pub |
lished three weeks successfully in The |
Brattlcboro Reformer, newspaper
printed at said Brattlebor0. the last publ |
cation to be at least twenty days pre-
vious to the 26th day of April. 1921.
Dated at BrattleborO, in said Windham
County, this 4th day of March 1921.
WILLIAM X. DALEY,
Clerk
JOHN +. GALE,
Solicitor. 30, -. 10 |
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-19
HARDING FOREIGN
POLICY OUTLINED
Administration Is in Recep-
tive Mood Toward Some
Form of League
VIVIANPS VISIT
IS SIGNIFICANT

Conversations Already Begun Will
Reach Definite Negotiations on His
ArrivaI-LikeIy to Preserve Frame
work of Present League.
By DAVID LAWRENCE.
(Special Despatch to The Reformer.)
Copyright 1921.
WASHINGTON, March 19.-Althopgh
President Harding and Secretary of State
Hughes are proceeding cautiously i'll mat
ters of foreign policy the attitude of the
new administration has been made suffi-
GENTLY clear to enable the writer to out
line some of the main points in the con
versations which have been begun with for
eign government and which probably will
reach the definite stage of negotiations
after Rene Viviani, former premier Of
France, has visited the United States.
president Harding has indicated to
his cabinet. as we'll as to those foreign gov
ernments with which his administration
has been informally in communication.
that he is open-minded and ready to give
seri5us consideration % any plan for in
ternational cooperation either including
or excluding the present league of nations,
but in harmony with the general policies
and traditions of the United States.
2-Tentatively the Harding adminiStra
ton seems to favor the idea of a separa-
ton of the covenant from the treaty of
Versailles. not necessarily by the drafting
of Il new treaty or a new association OF
nations. but by eliminating so far as the
United States is concerned all obligation
to enforce the treaty of Versailles.
3-The United States, indeed, Is anx-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-19
TORPEDO WORKS CLOSE.
1900 Employed in English Torpedo
Works During War.

WEYMOUTH, Eng, March lit has
been announced that the famous White
head Torpedo Works here will close down
in March owing to the general depres-
sion in trade. During the war about 3
600 workers were employed mt the works
here. in addition TO turning out torpe-
does. the paravane. a mine cutting inven-
ton which. it is claimed saved many
hundreds of ships. was tested.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-19
HOLLAND STAYS WET.
Advocates Of Dutch Prohibition Give Up
Hope Now -

THE. HAGUE, March l9.-Efforts OF
Dutch prohibition advocates to obtain
passage OF. "a local optien law this year
have met with such small success that ac-
ton apparently has been postponed until
a more favorable time.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-19
AMERICAN SAILOR
A NEW FACTOR
White ColIared Members of Merchant
Marine Surprise Old Timers of
Dutch Port.

ROTTERDAM, March l9-The growth
OF the American merchant marine has
brought a new factor, the white-col-
collared, 'snappily'' dressed, debonair
American sailor, to the Schiedamsche
dyke, Rotterdam's ''Barbary Coast"
While the French, Dutch, English and
others who patronize these resorts us
ually are dressed in eolored flannel
shirts, rough suits and unpublished shoes,
most OF the Americans, as soon as. they
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-19
NAPLES STUDENTS STRIKE.
March i'm Protest Against Cost of Text
Books.

NAPLES. March 19.-The students of
Naples university have gone out on a
strike in protest against the ever-rising
price of scientific text books. Marching
round the city to the bookshopS they pre-
scented a demand that each publisher
duction.
Those who refused had their stores
raided and their stock torn To pieces or
,3itehed into the streets from balconies.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-19
A Game for Bodied Hair.
(AIontnelier Argus)

Young ladies who indulge in the gaE--
of basketball should wear their hair short
If they want to escape unscathed in case
of rough house. The Bennington high
school misses played a game Saturday
evening with q team of girls from Bliss
college. and because of hair pulling the
referee had to call the game. The coiffures
of the Bennington girls are said TO have
been badly damaged By their belligerent
and anfelling -apllaLlellla4sssg i,,.,,.a.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-03-10
NOTICE

To all Parties Interested in the All
derson Drainage District Of Lafayette
and Marshall Counties, Mississippi
You will take notice that the dis
trict commissioners OF the Anderson
Drainage District of said counties and
State, have petitioned the County
Drainage Board of Lafayette County,
Miss, to issue Bonds in the sum OF
$38,0OO>to complete the improvements
in the said district and that they have
made assessments upon the lands OF
the district, benefited by said 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
of Lafayette County, Miss, and that
the County Drainage Board of Lafay-
cite County, Miss, will meet in the
Court House at Oxford, Miss, on the
18th day of March, 1921 at 10 A. M,
to hear any and all objections to said
extra assessment.
w. M. WOODWARD,
Chancery Clerk and Clerk of the
County Drainage Board of Lafayette
County, Miss.
March BOLT.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-03-10
Our local oracle AYERS that for every
ten wise men that are born there IS
one fool. That makes it an even break.
NOTICE
Sale of Real ana personal Property

Il
Pursuant to the provisions or a
| Deed OF trust to me, executed as
| trustee by j. L. W. Mays IN Iavor
of w. W. East to secure certain IN
debtednesS rnereln mentioned, when
| is recorded III Book IL, rage 2Oo In
the nancery Clerks office OF the Coun-
ty of Lafayette ana the State or MIS-
slsslppi, VIII at the request OF the
beneflclary in SAID Deed OF Trust pro-
Iceed to sell for CASH, to the highest
bidder, within lawful hours, in front
OF the South door or the Court House
in Oxford, Miss, on the 4th day OF
April, 1921, the following described
property, lying and being in the coun-
| ty of Lafayette, and the State of Mis-
sissippi, to wit:
40 acres south fraction of NV IA,
Sec. "a, Town. 9, Range West; also
40 acres S IL OF NV IA of NE Ia
Sec. %, Town. 8, Range l West, In
Lafayette Co., Miss.
The title to the above property is
believed to be good, but | will convey
only such title as is vested in me as
substituted trustee.
Witness my signature this the 18th
| day of March 1921.
H. F. SIMPSON,
Mch. 10-17-24. Substituted Trustee
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-03-10
JUST A LITTLE SERMON

Here is a true story OF everyday
life that contains a sermon for ever :
adult person in Oxford.
Two families lived side by side. One
home was chlldleSS. In the other
were two little boys.
The younger boy was as sweet as
and coddled by the neighbors. The
older one felt his isolation keenly, but
said little. He became morose and
self-willed, and was a trial to his par
ents.
One day the younger one died, and
the neighborss grieved.
But there was not petting for the
remaining boy, because he had not
been petted during the life of his
brother. He, too, grieved, but his lis,
position did not change.
The neighbor sat il his home one
night thinking OF the future of the
remaining child. He wondered if lie
had been quite fair with it, and coa-
cluded that he had not.
The next time he saw the little fell
low he was kind and gentle with him.
lie gave him the same attention he
had given his brother, and continued
that course from day to day.
Soon he detected change, and in
the course of few months there was
a wonderful transformation. lie mo-
roseness gradually disappeared, and
was replaced by a sunny disposition.
Not all due to the ne;,ubor. OF
course, but it had it's effect. 1t aided
III removing the gloom that clouded
the infantile brain and brought HI.
te-ter qualities to the surface.
There are little children around u
of this community each day. ruey ara
as sensitive TO indifference and neg
lect as the boy whose storJ we have
tcld.
What are we doing to put the ,,o,.
shine of happiness into their lives?
What are you doing?
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-03-10
PUNISHMENT TO Eft

Some people advocate Jail sentences
fer those who conspire against the
government. But it is doubtful if
tina. is the best policy, or even Gle
one that will produce satisfactory re-
suits.
Drastic action is necessary IN such
cases, but it should be action that Will
relieve US of the presence of the plot
ter instead of merely depIivmg hm
tt mporarily of his liberty.
In nearly every case these plo'tera
come to us unlimited from some for
eig1 shore. Since they do not ap-
ploye of the manner in which we man.
age our own affairs, the logcai course
would be to send them back to TIC
countries from whence they can. g
They may find conditions more to
Their liking in the hotbei; fro n
whence they fled.
Foreigners who are willing to be-
come productive assets in this country
are welcome.
Dangerous liabilities are moi
wanted.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-03-10
CHANCERY SUMMONS

The State of MISSISSIPPI.
To the unknown heirs of d. G. Whit
more and unknown parties in interest
and all persons having or claiming
any legal or equitable interest III the
lands described as follows, to wit:
The Northwest Quarter of Section 22,
Township 6, Range 5, West, in Lafay-
cite County, Mississippi, and being
the same land sold to Moses Hudson
by w. B. McGraw January IL, 1872.
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, 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,
Chancery Court Clerk.
(SEAL)
l.. A. Smith, Solicitor.
Feb. 310-17 "a March 3-10-17-24-31
April T.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-03-10
Mar. 10-17-24 April Z.
INuoIrES SALE.

by vllrue OIL certain Deed OF
trust executed ny lh. ). DennlSon
ana wiIe, Mrs. mduIie Dennlson on
the I51n, uay OF august, 1919, TO me
as lruslee, 20 secure certain lndeb-
Iora, MISSISSIPPI, therein menuoned.
winch SAID Deeu OF trust is duly re-
coraed IN The Chancery Clerks OF
nee OF Lafayette County,, State OF
mississippi IN Book 10, rage 139. l
VIII proceed to sell on Monuay, April
4th, 1921, at the south door OF The
County Court House OF Lafayette
County, MISSISSIPPI, at public auction
to the highest biader for cash, and
within legal hours for sale OF prop
erty under execution the following ae-
scrIbed real estate situated, lying and
being in the County of Lafayette,
State of Mississippi, to-wit:
Beginning at Northeast corner OF
Section rs, Township z, Range 3,
West, and running South on East line
of said section Ut, 15-100 poles;
thence West parallel with Northern
boundary of said Section 81 81
poles; thence North parallel with
East line Of said Section 107 1900
poles; thence West parallel with the
Northern boundary of said Section
22S AT poles to the West boundary
of said Section; thence North with
West boundary to the Northwest cor
ner of said Section; thence East on
Northern boundary 800 poles to the
inf Of m
ITO acres. Also lot or parcel of
land described as follows:
Beginning at the Northwest corner
of Section 80, Township Z, Range 2,
| West, running East with North line
of said Section 800 poles to the North
East corner thereof; thence South
with the East line of said Section
1T 15-100 poles; thence West paral-
lei with the North line of said Sec
ton 800 poles to the West boundary
thereof; thence North with the West
boundary of said Section 1T Is
100 poles to the point of beginning,
containing 354 $40 acres. Also 10
acres in the South West part of Sec
ton "a, Township Z, Range 3, West
formerly known as the Jaret or Pc
CUES Mill Pond enclosed by fence and
lying near the Northwest corner OF
parcel above described in Section %
Township 7, Range 3, West. Being
same parcel conveyed by M. c. Pc
CUES to j. z. Freeman as same ap-
pears of record in Deed Book IS
Page 626 of record for deeds of La.
fayette County, Mississippi. The
same being what is known as the j
2. or A. G. Freeman place, and which
the said M. J. Dennisoa and wife
Matte De1nison, bought of the sale
W. 7. Bond and wife Mrs. Emma
Best Bond.
| Condition in said Deed of Trust
having been broken, / am requested
to make this sale by the. beneficiary
| therein. The title to said property
is believed to be good, but / convey
as Trustee only.
FRONTS LINKER,
Trustee
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-03-10
NONRESIDENT NOTICE

State of Mississippi. No. 504e
To James Dunlap, a minor, withoot
guardian, whose postoffice address is
Memphis, Tennessee, Robert Frierson
an adult, whose postoffice address is
1913 East Moreland Street, Memphis
Tennessee, Lorena Dunlap, whose
postoffice address is Washington, D.
c., and Sarah Dunlap, whose postof-
flee address is Washington, D. c.:
You are commanded to appear be-
fore the Chancery Court of Lafayette
county, in the state Of Mississippi, on
the Fourth Monday in May, A. D..
1921, and show cause if any why the
final account of Arthur 'Frierson, ex.
ecutor of the estate of Miss Fannie
Dunlap, deceased, should not be al
lowed and approved.
This the 9Th day of March, A. d
w. M. WOODWARD.
L. C. ANDREWS,
Sol. for EJECT. Mar10-17-24-3
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-03-10
Oxford, Miss, this Feb. 18th, 1921.
w. M. WOODWARD,
Chancery Clerk.
r. F. Simmons, Sol. for Petitioners.
Lloh II o. March IN
DEED OF TRUST SALE.

Whereas, James Patton and his wife
Josie Patton, did on the 9th day of
January, 1919, execute to j. B. Roach,
Trustee, certain Deed of Trust to
secure to F. M. Showers certain in
debtedness therein set out; which said
Deed of Trust is recorded in the Cham
Gerry Clerks office Of Lafayeule Coun-
ty, State Of Mississippi in Book i6,
Page 81, and conveying the following
described land situated in the City OF
Oxford, County of Lafayette, State OF
Mississippi to-wit:
The east half of certain frac-
tional part of Lot So, as land desig-
mated on the plan or map of the City
of Oxford; the said east half OF said
lot is bounded on the north by Tom
Smiths premises; and on the east by
College Hill Street; and on the south
by Taylor Robinson's lot; and on the
west by lot owned by Ora Mullins
during the year 1919, and
whereas, the said j. B. Roach having
died, and whereas, Fronts Tinker, has
been duly appointed as substituted
trustee, and the beneficiary w. M.
Mullins assignee, having requested
that said Deed Of Trust be foreclosed.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-03-10

at Oxford, Miss, on the 25th day Of
March, 1921 at 10 o'clock A. NJ,
where any and all persons interested
may appear and contest the confirm
alton Of the said report, or, offer any
competent evidence that the said re-
port should be modified in any partic-
uiar.
Givea under my hand and seal Of
office, at Oxford, Mississippi, this the
18th Day Of Feb, 1921.
w. M. WOODWARD,
Chancery Clerk and Clerk Of the
County Drainage Board of Lafayette
County, Miss.
March 3-1O-17-24.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-03-10

Don't cut down tree, no matter
how small it may be, unless it is abb
solutely necessary. American forests
are rapidly disappearing and it will
require many years to produce others
in their stead. The excessive cost of
lumber is due partly to the scarcity
of trees and to the increasing diff
Guilty of marketing those that remain
Foreign governments cultivate their
forests as carefully as we do our
crops, but we in America have yet to
learn the wisdom of this.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-03-10
WHEN PEACE COMES

Is universal peace to come out OF
the great war? 1t is not. Even as q
dream it is fading away.
Governmental greed in Europe is
the rock upon which it was wrecked
international hatred and distrust will
keep it submerged.
On the surface diplomacy maintains
fiction of unity, but underneath the
fires of imperialistic passion are rag
ing unchecked.
Dreams come and dreams go, but
peace for this world will come when
we are all gods, and not men.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-03-10
NOTICE OF SALE.

Valuable City Home And Lot of 3
Acres More Or Less.
BY virtue of the terms of the last
will and testament of Mrs. Mary G.
Nelson, deceased, and by written
consent of all the devisees, notice is
hereby given that the Nelson home
stead on Second South street will be
offered for sale at public cutlery in Ok
ford, Miss, at south door of the Coun-
ty Court House on Tuesday, April IL,
1921, within legal hour, possession
given Sept. 1st, 1921. Signed this 4th
day of March, 1927.
J. E. NELSON,
Surviving Executor.
Mar 10-17-24 April T.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-03-10
mixer,
Trustee

The undersigned Commissioners of
lula Separate Road District of Lafay-
cite County Mississippi,
Will on Thursday, March "a, 1921
until IL O'Clock, noon, at office of
Clerk OF Chancery court, in City of Ok
ford, Mississippi, receive sealed bids
for material labor and tools, except
pipe for constructing the improved
roads in said Road District.
All bids to be accompanied by certi-
fled check for 10 per cent of bid.
The Road District expressly re-
serves the right to reject any and all
bids.
Maps, profiles, plans and specifica-
tins, can be seen at the office of
Chancery Court Clerk in City of Ok
ford, or at the office of Commission
ers in Town of lula.
DANE DAVIS,
w. G. DAVIS.
Commissioners of lula separate
Road District.
Feb. 24-March $40.