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that these material agencies afford
no sure and genuine relief.
RELIANCE ON GOD TAUGHT IN
THE BIBLE
The teachings Of the Bible arc per-
fectiy clear on this point. Over and
over again. the Scriptures call men to
rely wholly on God for every need.
Put not your trust in princes" woe
to them that 20 down to Egypt for
heip;" seek We first the kingdom of
God and His rightcousness are some
or the admonitions of the Bible. The
difficulty mortals have experienced in
the past IS that they have not ;,een
clearly the difference between relying
on Spirit and on human agencies. The
adhercnts of scholastic theology and
tho materially minded have failed to
grasp the real meaning of the First
commandment. Thou shalt have no
other gods before me" They have not
made n clear distinction between mat
ter and Spirit. Christian Science
draws clear and unmis;akable line
OF demarcation between the eternal
things of Spirit and the false evidences
OF the physical senses. God Is
Spirit" as Jesus declared, and man
and the universe are mental and
spiritual. But the five corporeai
senses do not see spiritual things; to
NHNi4' sp44iN anu siAt tAsdi tHiiSs uo
not exist. they cognize the opposite OF
spirituality. the false belief OF mat
ter world and matter crea-
ton. Seeing only material thingr.
the objecrification OF his own
corporal senses, the materially minded
man relies on these Instead of turn
ing his gaze spiritward and depending
wholly on God. a man has made n
great discovery when he learns, TO re-
~ ON spiritual sense instead OF phyvi-
cal. Through spiritual sense. man
warns that he is immortal and perfect.
Spiritual sense gives man n correct
view Of the universe and Of God. The
physical senses give him a distorted
view Of all things. They tell him that
man IL mortal. physical. subject to
sin. disease and death. This view Is
temporary and must Yield to the eter-
nal fact that God. man and The real
linIr1.r-sc nrn In, ri. 4 LIZ
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-02-26
By EZRA w. PALMER, c. S. B.
Member of the Board Of Lecturesp Of The Mother Church.

Him supreme, and If His power is di-
Nided, to whom will we assign the
power taken away from God? II we
assign 1t to another agency called evil.
we divide the universe: the one God.
the great | AM would no longer be
supreme. and there would be two
powers arrayed against each other,
the powers of good and evil with the
result-a universe of conflicting forces,
OF chaos and disorder. Christian Sci
ence accepts and teaches these three
great verities of Spirit, omnipotence.
omnipresence. omniscience.s not theore-
tically nor abstractly, but as living
realities, and it teaches that In the un-
Nerstanding of these fundamentals
lies the solution OF all human prob
lens. Thus if n Christian Scientist
faces sickness he relies on the omni-
potencc of God to heal ii: il he faces
a condition where ignorance prevails,
he turns to God and relies on the om-
nlscience-the infinite Acknowledge
of God-to supply him the wisdom and
light to meet the situation. II evil
seems TO hold sway, he knows that God
is omnipresent, universal good and
that the divine presence Is at hand to
destroy evil.
On the other hand. the adherents
OF current religious teachings do not
as a rule rely wholly upon the all
power, all-presence and Acknowledge
OF God. If sick, they will usually rely
upon drugs or other material means
and turn to God only as a last resort
when hope of relief from other sources
has utterly vanished. And SO, like
wise, the materially minded are prone
to rely on human means for help when
disaster appears instead of turning
unreseryedly TO God. They rely on
others, trust TO human will and human
ingenuity to aid them, although cN-
perience has proved time and again
that these material agencies afford
no sure and genuine relief.
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-02-26
THE WORK or CHRIST JESUS

Down through the chntie-ies or
Bible history. patriarch and prophet
nave 20 the world the truth about GOD
and man rs revealed 10 them. But
they did not receive the full reyela-
tion OF truth. They had the spirit,
II not the fullncss of the letter.
They forctold future rcvelatio OF
truth which should come with tho
Messiah. shiloh. Christ. Jesus of
Nazareth brought to men the revele =
tion of the Fn,herhood of God and
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-12-07
HOME BUILDING.

Home Building may seem to some
as a great problem just at this time.
The people of this county, and
especially Oxford, many of them,
have become disgrundled-they have
been suffering with an attack OF
acute political collie. But now, since
the people have spoken in Lafayette
county, with reference to their desire
to have economic and farm agents en-
ployed to assist them in modern
methods of doing things, we see no
reason why old Lafayette and the city
of Oxford should not prosper as never
before.
The town has been on a "boom"
in a small way, for the past year.
The county in general is IN very
prosperous condition, and the health
of our people is simply excellent.
Then why should discontentment stalk
in our land?
/. Our people have come to realize that
we have one of the best counties, as
a whole, in the state to live in. We
can grow almost anything, and
plenty of it. This county is ideal for
stock raising, inasmuch as we only
have but two or three months of
cold weather, when feeding is neces-
sary.
Now, with the assistance of the
farm agent, the home economic agent
and the experiment station at our
door, home building should not be
such a great problem.
Let us stop fighting each other, and
knocking each other, and cussing
each other, and finding fault with the
other fellow. Let's get down to real
business and try and help ourselves
and other fellow as well. Speak well
of your neighbor, advise with him and
help him when he needs help, and our
town and country will be blessed with
prosperity-home building will be
made easy.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-12-07
NOTICE OF LAND SALE.

BY virtue of the authority vested
in me by deed/of trust executed
August 9Th, 1922 by B. F. Beckham
and wife Mrs. Arlette Beckham to me
as trustee as security for the pay
ment of certain monies therein men
toned due Mrs. M. A. Blackburn and
w. E. Blackburn, default having been
made in the payment of the money
secured by said trust deed and being
requested so to do by the beneficiaries
above named, will on Monday the 1st
day of January, 1923 within legal
hours at the South door of the County
court house of Lafayette County, Mis-
sissippi in the town of Oxford offer
for sale and sell to the highest bidder
for cash the following described land
to-wit: All of section IA, township 8,
range A West except 40 acres in the
Southwest portion of said section
owned by R. C. Carter and the North
east Ia of section %, township 8,
range 4 West, and tn eSouthwest Ia
of section Is, township s, range a
West, and CO. acres on the West side
of Southeast IA of section IS, town
ship s, range West; also 100 acres
in the Northwest corner of section "a,
township 8, range West. and bound
ed as follows, beginning at the North
west. corner of said section "a run
ming thence South 80 chains, thence
East So 1-3 chains, thence North to
the North line of said section, thence
West to the point. of beginning, con-
tanning in all LAO acres of land
more or less and being the land
decided to B. F. Beckhsm by |. p.
Brown and M. E. Brown on the 10th
day of September, 1919. all in Lafay-
cite County, Mississippi. Said land
will be sold to pay the Indebtedness
secured by said trust deed and the
title is believed to be good, but !
sell and convey as trustee only.
Witness my signature this the 9th
day Of December, 1922.
j. w. MAULDIN. Trustee.
Dec. 7-14-21-28.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-12-07
Nov. 2s-St
NOTICE

l, as receiver appointed by the
Chancery Courts of Lafayette County,
Mississippi, am offering to rent what
is known as the Showers Place on
Cypress Greek in Lafayette County,
Mississippi. for the year of 1928. The
place consist of about eight hundred
(8O0) acres of cultivable land. The
place is fenced and divided off into
pastures. There is plenty Of good
pastures and running water on the
place. All persons desiring to negot-
late for the rental of this place,
please write me, Oxford, Mississippi
Route 5. This property must be rented
betwean now and the first day of
January, 1923.
between now and the first day of
M. PRICE. Receiver.
Nov. $3.50 Dec.6 ?.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-12-07
THANKSGIVING DAY.

AS we survey the sufferings and
sorrows of Europe, the overwhelm-
ing poverty in many countries, the
abysmal despair of the starving in
Russia and elsewhere, the bitter
hatreds in every country each against
it neighbors, no one trusting another,
the millions out of employment, even
in England, and against this sombre
picture, without any brightness OF
the heroism of war days, contrast the
peace and relative plenty in our coun-
try, we should as nation reverently
bow our heads and with hearts full OF
gratitude render thanksgiving to Al
mighty God for our unreasonable
blessings.
We have some suffering and some
sorrows, and many lost their all in
the business slump, but as nation
we have produced in abundance, Our
business exceeds our facilities to
handle, increased employment for all
classes and advancing prices for cot
ton and grain are lifting many
burdens of debt. Forty-eight states,
as though they were forty-eight
countries, live in peace and hormany
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-12-07
N THE CHANCERY COURT OF
LAFAYETTE COUNTY. MISSIS-
SIPPI. NOVEMBER TERM,

1922.
D. N. Tankersley, ct al, Compartments
VS.. No. 5426.
J. G. Hopkins, Jr., Defendant.
NON-RESIDENCE NOTICE.
To J. G. Hopkins, Jr., whose postoffice
Address is Greenwood in the State
of Virginia:
You are hereby commanded to ap-
pear in the honorable Chancery Court
of Lafayette County, Mississippi at the
January 1923 Rules thereof, and to
plead, answer or demur to the origi-
nal bill filed against you by D. N.
Tankersley and Oscar FOLSOM, No
1926, to which original bill you are
defendant.
Witness my hand and seal of office
this the 22nd. day of November, 1922
w. M. WOODWARD.
Chancery Clerk.
Nov 90 o+
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-12-07
RUSSELL-BIRKHEAD TRIAL.

The Oxford Eagle, as newspaper
will print from week to week all the
permissible testimony given on both
sides of the famous Russell-Blrkhead
case. Without bias flavors or COM
ment we expect to give the story as
it comes from the witnesses and from
the defendant and plaintiff in the
case. and let our readers have the
benefit of hearing the trial as 1t pro-
crossed from start to finish.
Of course, some of the evidence
will have to be omitted because of
the fact that it would be against the
postal laws to print some words ana
terms used by some of the witnesses,
but we shall screen the trash out OF
the testimony that would not be clean
reading, and give the facts in the
case.
1t will require several weeks to
print all the testimony given in the
case, as we can allot limeted am
cunt of space each week to the story.
The case has attracted nationwide
attention. Special wires were IN
stalled by the Associated Press In
in the Federal building and some of
the largest newspapers of the country
are earring the story. But owing to
the gravity of the charges by the wo-
man in the case and the fact that
our Chief Executive has been made
the defendant, we shall refrain from
comment.
Oxford is the home of the Governor;
he was born and reared within a few
miles of the building where he is now
being tried. He was educated within
less than a mile of the Federal build
ing, and he has many friends in this
and other counties who will read the
story with much iterest.>
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-12-07
county depository of said county for
the year 1923, as required by law.
This December 7th, 1922.
w. M. WOODWARD, Clerk.
Dec. 7-14-21-28.
q NOTICE!

Notice is hereby given that the
Board Of Supervisors will award con-
tracts, at public cutlery, at the county
court house in Oxford, Miss, begin
ming at 1870 O'clock P. NJ, on Tues
day, January End, 1923, for the build
ing of the following bridges, towit:
One 10 #. bridge across dry branch
north of Bruce Bunch's residence in
Beat g.; one so fit. bridge across
slough on Puss Cuss creek near Joe
Lawhorn's in Beat q; and one AZ #.
bridge across branch in Rice Parks
field in Beat 2.
All sad bridges to be built accord
ing to plans and specifications now
on file in the Chancery Clerks office.
The successful bidder or bidders will
be required to enter into bond for the
faithful performance of their con-
tract. The Board reserves the ri
to reject any and all bids.
This December 7th, 1922.
w. M. WOODWARD, Clerk.
Dec. 7-14-21-28.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-12-07
Bible Thoughts for
This Week

Sunday.
THE CHRISTIANS MISSION:
reach, saying, The kingdom Of
heaven is at hand. Heal the sick,
cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, /
cast out devils: freely We have re-
ceived, freely give.-Matthew TO-:
7,,8.
Monday.
SIN SEPARATES Your iniqui-
ties have separated between you
and your God, and your sins have
hid his face from you, that he will
not hear.-Isaiah SO: 2.
Tuesday.
LAW OF LOVE:-Loye worketh
no i'll to his neighbour: therefore
love is the fulfilling of the law
Romans 10: 10.
Wednesday.
GOD LOVES THE GOOD
Truly God is good to Israel, even
to such as are OF q clean heart
Psalm u: l.
Thursday.
TRUTH MAKES FREE:-Then
said Jesus, If We continue In my
word, then are We my disciples In
deed; and We shall know the truth,
and the truth shall make you free.
John 8: 81, 80.
Friday.
THE POWER OF THOUGHT
AS he thinketh In his heart, so Is
he.-Proverbs %: Z.
, 4-.,.e Saturday.
SUPPLY is SURE:-Trust in
the Lord, and do good; SO shalt
thou dwell in the land, and verify
thou shalt be fed.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-12-07
NOTICE OF LAND SALE.

By virtue Of the authority vested in
nae as Commissioner of the Chancery
Court of Lafayette County, MisAis-
sippi, in cause No. 5210, styled: Mrs.
Sallie Ship, ct al, VS.. r. ]. Good
win, ct al, on the 9th day of Novem-
Der, 1922, I will on Tuesday Deem
Der &c, 1922, within legal hours, at
the south door of the County Court
house of said County. offer for sale
and sell to the highest bidder for
cash, the following described land,
towit: III.
The North west quarter of Section
Ia, and a part Of the South west
quarter of Section II, described by
metes and bounds as follows: Begin
ming at the southeast corner of the
South west quarter of said Section IL,
and run thence North with the half
section line to the center of the Paris
and Spring Dale Public road, thence
with the center line of said road
south 80 degrees and 80 minutes
west, $50 chains, thence north SO
degrees and 35 minutes west Ats
chains, thence south II degrees and
so minutes west 1880 chains to a
point in said road, thence with wire
fence north 10 degrees and 80 min
utes west 10 chains, thence south rs
degrees and 35 minutes west 1910
chains, to the center of Goodwin
creek, thence Northwardlv with the
center of said creek to the east and
west center line of said section II,
thence west with said center line to
the North west corner of the south
west quarter of said section IL,
thence to the southwest corner of
said section II, thence east to the
point of beginning, containing ap-
lproximately 60 acres, and being all
of said south west quarter except
that which is owned by A. T.. Ross,
all aggregating 220 acres, situated
in Township 10, Range 4. west, in
Lafayette County, Mississippi, and
being the homestead of M. A. Good
win at the time of his death.
Said land will be sold for partition
amongst the owners thereof.
Title to said land is believed to be
good but I sell as Commissioner only.
This November goth, 1922.
W. M. WOODWARD,
Commissioner.
R. F. Kimmons, Sol. for Petitioners
Nov. 80. Dec. 7-14-21.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-12-07
SPLENDID CONTRIBUTION.

Jackson, Miss, Dec. /, 1922.
County Economics Council of Lafay-
cite County,
Oxford, Miss.
Dear Ladies':
1t has come to my attention that
the good women of the County are
attempting to raise by subscription
$4,000 to augment the salary of Miss
Doney, our splendid Home Economic
Agent. am a poor man myself, have
wife and family to support, but my
interest, home and affection is in
Lafayette County, and | feel that l
am doing nothing less than my duty
to my County and my neighbors
when | inctose my check for $500,
as my contribution to this work.
While / am out of the County most
of the time, and while | am not a
farmer any longer, am for anything
that will help our people and, espec-
tally, that will help the people in the
country. Miss Doney is doing great
work and is not only improving our
County in financial way, but is doing
something which alone would make
her invaluable, in my opinion-mak-
ing life much more happy and at
tractive for the women and girls who
live in the County. Having lived in
the county myself most all my life, I
think ] can say that have the point
of view of the person who lives in the
country and can really appreciate,
possibly better than some of you, just
what this work means to the country
people.
| am very glad of this opportunity
to help and, though no one has solicit
ted me yet, am sending my contribu-
ton on to you now. only wish that
| could do more.
Respectfully yours,
G. w. WHITEHEAD,
Oxford. Miss.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-12-07

under one flag, speaking one Ian
guage, unvexed by standing armies
and divergent laws and national am
billions.
What mighty contrast!
No human hand can paint the two
pictures in their full colors of black
despair on one side and of glorious
sunshine on the other; no human pen
can adequately write the story. But
these wonderful blessings of ours
spell great Responsibilities.
"Unto whom much has been given,
of him shall be required" is true of a
nation as of an individual
AS today we recount our individual
and national blessings and think OF
Europe's agonies, mental and physical
ad financial, we may well ask how can
we best serve the world and use our
riches and our powers for the
strengthening and upbuilding of the
civilization and Christianity of all
d.-Manufacturer Record.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-12-07
notice.!

Notice is hereby given that the I'M
dersigned, Chairman of the Road
Commissioners of the Beat Three road
District, of Lafayette County, Miss,
will award contracts at public outcry
at College Hill, Miss, beginning at
10 o'clock A. M, on Saturday,
December 3Oth, 1922, for the drag
ging, according to plans and specifi-
cations, of all the bond issue roads
of the said Beat 3lroad district. All
contracts awarded on said date will
be subject to the approval of the
Board of Supervisors of said County.
The successful bidders will be requir-
ed to enter into bond for the faithful
performance of their contracts.
This December 18th, 1922.
M. PRICE, Chairman,
Road Commissioners of Beat 3 Road
District.
Dec. 7-14-21-2S.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-12-07
them out and glum the turkey and
Peleg'S fiagon Of frewater.
Indiana look Part

Peleg's fiagon Of firewater.
Indians Took Part
Peleg would nonchalantly wander
over to the fireplace and throw hand
full of gunpowder into it and the In
dian would make dash for the creek
near by, angrily pursued by his burn
ing breechclout.
Peleg would return to the feast and
say, For what we are about to receive
let US be truly thankful" And he received
1t quickly. A noble redman poked his
arm through the window and firmly
nicked Peleg on the bean with tom
myhawk. Being a hard-headed Puri-
tan, Peleg would go On with his din
ner after throwing the tommyhawk
back over his shoulder and catching
Mr.. Shinnecock just below the Adams
apple.
The afternoon was given over to
meditation and reflection.
Celebration of Today.
But nowadays they gather in some
jazz restaurant and the host says:
VI WudI we Gil udu uul ing thC
past year under the Volstead act, let
US be-" well, anyhow, something like
that. The waiter does not reach
through the window and tap him with
a tommyhawk, but he hits him for
S5675 check and $40 tip.
And instead of spending the after
noon in meditation and prayer, as
Peleg did, his Observation-Disclosures
great-grandSOn sits in grandStand
with $4,000 other heretics and they
yell :.
'"Freshwater's got the ball !"
"Freshwater, Freshwater, zip, boom,
bah! Freshwater, Freshwater, rah,
rah, RAIL-"
$50 it, Cornsilk Now, boys, the
Cornsilk locomotive:
Observation-Disclosures rah-rah-Corn-
silk, Cornsilk-hip, hip, hip, hip, hip,
hoorah
And after the game Peleg's descend
ant accompanies a young fiapper to 3
hotel for dinner, where he gets piece
of turkey through which he can read
the name Of the cafe and make out it's
coat-of-arms in the center of the plate
and calls it feed.
The only folks funnier than the old
ones are the new ones.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-12-07

Father and mother were discussing
the costumes they were to wear at
fancy dress ball. Joan, aged seven,
was an interested listener.
Mother" she said, "can | go as a
milkmaid?"
"No, dear, you're too small.
"But, mummie," pleaded Joan, ~
could go as a condensed milkmaid."
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-12-07
notice.!

Notice is hereby given that the un-
dersigned, Clerk Of the Board OF
Supervisors of Lafayette County,
Mississippi. will receive sealed bids
ND until IL O'clock Noon, Tuesday.
January End, 1928, for one second
hand ten ton tractor, for the road
districts Of Beat 4, also fer the keep
ing Of the funds and qualifying as
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-12-07
Thursday, December Z, 1922.
THE INVISIBLE GIFT


THERE'S gift on the Christ
= mas tree that we cannot see,
but we know It's there. There's
something that gives value to
all the rest and we feel 1t. With
the rich there are fifty gifts to
one baby; with the poor, fifty
babies to one gift; with both
there is this something that
makes an equal happiness, some
thing that gives riches nothing
over and poverty nothing lack
ing, something that gives light
without candles and warmth
without fire. The tree itself
springs from 1t, the Christmas
festival sings Of it. We are all
excited by it and about it. 1t
fills the shops with beautiful
things, gathers crowds to buy
them, hangs garlands in the
windows, carols on the air. 1t
makes the church bells ring and
kindles devoutest worship. 1t is
love that hangs upon the Christ
mas tree. Without the Cross the
Christmas tree had never been.
&C. G. Hazard.
q. 1922. Western Newspaper Union.)
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-12-07
NOTICE.
No. 1898.

mo. CCJC.
w. T. Lowry Estate,
Wess Avis, Executor.
Notice is hereby given to the credi-
tors of the above estate that the UNI
dersigned Wess Avis has been app
pointed administrator Of the estate
of w. T. Lowry, deceased, with will
annexed; all persons therefore, hav-
ing claims against the said estate will
probate the same within six months
from this date, or the same will be
barred.
Witness my signature this the 10th
dav Of November. 1922.
WEISS ALVIS, Executor.
w. G. Bovett,
Sol. for Extx.
Nov. 16-23-3o. Dec. 6.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-12-07
Catarrhal Conditions

Catarrh is a local disease greatly lnHu-
enced by constitutional conditions. 1t
therefore requires constitutional treat
ment HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE
is taken internally and acts through the
Blood upon the Mucous Surfaces Of the
System. HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE
gives the patient strength by improving
the general health and assists Nature in
doing its work.
All Druggists. Circulars free.
T. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-12-07
DAYS Real Meaning.

Thanksgiving is the time of aspiFa-
ton and anticipation rather than Of
fruition and favor alone-a holiday Of
grateful hope.