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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-12-21

festive celebration; and and on on the
contrary directed that the Christian
year should be opened with a day of
prayer, fasting and humiliation. The
mandate, however, was but partially
observed.
The social observances of the day
appear to have been in substance the
same in all ages. From the earliest
recorded celebration we find notice OF
feasting, exchanging of gifts and Wis
its, and masquerading. There are
some customs which time seems not to
alter, and those of New Years are
CONSPICUOUS in this class. Do we no.
tice any change in the banner Of
celebrating the occasion? Do we OBJ
serve any lessening Of its + e s t e
characteristics? No, it goes along
pretty much as of old, excepting t
each year it becomes s little more inn
portant and a little Q widely
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-12-21
JAN. 1, A HOLIDAY.

Why do we make a holiday of the
beginning of the year and why do we
greet it with SO much clamor and eX-
ultation? Because, as far back as re-
cords or legends run, man has always
done so. Barbarians who had some
crude way OF reckoning time had a
New Years celebration. The. custom
of marking the first day of the year
by festive rejoicing appears to have
prevailed among all of the ancient
nations. The Jews, Egyptians, Chin
csc, Romans and Mohammedans,
enough differing rs to the time from
which they reckoned the commence
ment of the year, all regarded 1t as
a day of special interest.
In Rome the year anciently began
in March; and when Numa, according
to the ancient legend, made it began
on January /, that day was held sac
red to Janus, the tWo-Taced god, the
deity of beginnings and endings, who
was thus supposed to turn at once
backward upon the old year and for
ward into the new. On the establish
ment of Christianity, the usage of a
solemn Inauguration of the new year
was retained; but considerable variety
prevailed both as to the time and the
manner of celebration.
Christmas Day, the ADnunciation
March 25), Easter and March / have
all at different times and places
shared with January / the honor Of
opening the new year; nor was it till
late in the Sixteenth Century that
January l was in most countries ac-
,epted as the first day Of the new
iear. The early fathers-Chrysos-
,om, Ambrose, Augustine, Peter
~yhrysologus and others - in repro
patton Of the immoral and ~supersti-
tious observSnces Of the Pagan festi-
val, prohibited in Christian use all
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-12-21
ATS Pupils Vacate Building in Exactly
One Minute and Five Seconds
Friday Morning

Prof. Rainwater of the city schools
has a perfectly organized fire drill in
the school. Friday morning the genial
professor called at the Eagle office
and requested that the Editor come
to the school building and watch the
performances of the students when
the fire bell or alarm was turned IN.
Of course, we gladly accepted the in
vitation, and at 9:20 the alarm was
given. Every pupil in the building
knew just what to do, and in exactly
one minute and five seconds every
pupil had vacated the building.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-12-21

Whats that on the top shelf?' he
asked suddenly.
THAT? Oh, that isl dunno" hesl-
tated the Storekeeper, as he took down
the object in question and examined 1t
critically. ut got in with some goods
a year ago, an has been up there ever
since"
"Why, you chump!" cried the cram
berry owner derisively, mot to know
a jumpin' Jack when you see one /!
I've bought lots of 'em to home for the
children. Seei" and he pulled a string
which sent the acrobat tumbling up
over the top of his red pole. "Just the
thing for a kid"
"Just the thing" repeated the
watery-eyed man, drawing a small bag
Of gold dust from his pocket: it'll
make the boy laugh"
AS he was going out, the owner Of
the c%ranberries stepped to his side.
"Here, take this along with you," he
said, relinquishing the can to which
he had been clinging so fondly. It'll
help to make out a Christmas for the
boy"
"And this, too" Sand this" added
the owner of the sardines and the
owner of the baked beans; and then
Sheriff Dobson pushed before them
and slipped something bright and
heavy into the hand which held the
jumping jack.
"It's a nest-egg for the kid" he said
gravely. "Now you better go home an
fill up his stockin'; an to-morrer you
can tell him Merry Christmas from us
ALL"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-12-21

and Mr.. and Mrs. r. M. Weaver, OF
New York, will spend the holidays
with, their mother, Mrs. Lucille Camp
bell.
Miss Annie Brown, of Birming-
ham, Ala, high school faculty, is ex-
pected this week in Oxferd to spend
Christmas.
Miss Marguerite Pegues, of Mem
phis, is the guest of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Joe Pegues.
Mrs. White, of Memphis, is the
guest of her daughter, Mrs. Dan
Wiley.
Mrs. w. M. Harper, of Monroe, La,
who has been the guest of relatives
has returned home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Tate Harvey
will spend Christmas with their pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jones Harvey.
Mrs. Taylor, of Ellisville, Miss, was
called to Oxford on account of the
illness of her son who is attending
the University.
Sharpe, of Grenada, spent a few days
the past week in Oxford.
Miss Myra Hume, of M. S. c. fac
ulty of Holly Springs, is spending the
holidays with her parents.
Miss Kate Mcclure spent Tuesday
in Grenada.
Mr.. Dudley Grimes, of lula, spent
Tuesday with his aunt, Mrs. Lloyd
Cole.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Carouthers, of
Clarksdale, will be the Christmas
guests of their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Kirkwood.
Mr.. Charlie McCharen, of Memphis,
is the guest of his parents, MI. and
Mrs. Charlie McCharen.
DR.. and Mrs. Whitman Rowland, of
Sanatarium, Miss, are the guests of
their parents, DR.. and Mrs. P. w.
Rowland.
Mrs. Wheeler Dunn and son, w. w,
Jr., of Jackson, Miss, are the guests
of MI. and Mrs. T. A. Dunn.
Nh. Madden Grimes, of Tula, was
the guest of Oxford relatives the past
week.
Miss Gieseck, of Parkin, Ark, was
the guest of her sister, Mrs. r. r.
Hughes recently.
Miss Emma Grace Johnson, of M.
S. C. W., arrived in Oxford Tuesday
evening to spend the holidays with
her mother, Mrs. Amy Johnson.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-12-21
THE MAIL
CARRIER

FOR many years, in good weather
or bad, day after day, he had fol.
lowed his chosen job faithfully and
well. He had carried many, many
Christmas presents In his day, too.
This year one Of the families he had
served so regularly prepared a Christ
mas box for him and for his wife and
for his children.
at is the first Christmas box / ever
received from one of my families" he
said. wasn't it thoughtful Of them
to have remembered their mail car
rier?"
But the people were saying, ITO
think hat we haven't done something
OF this sort every year. The mail car
rier does SC much for us and we, at
times. almost seem to forget he's ever
human"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-12-21

| resumed his fruit
| less search Of the
goods. There was
| nothing now to
his a t.
tention he knew
t h e m e n with
whom he had to
d e a l, and real
lied. that hence
forth the bar was
to be as far re-
moved from him
as though a wall
of granite inter-
vened. But, to his
credit be 1t said,
even with t h e
realization came
a new firmness to
his eyes.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-12-21
City School Has Perfectly
Organized Fire Drill

1t was all in perfect order. There
was no excitement displayed, but when
the alarm was sounded those little
boys and girls as well as the older
ones fell in line and marched to the
campus-in front of the building. Not
one knew as to whether a real fire
had started or not, appearantly, they
did not care, even had it been a real
fire.
The faeulty deserve much credit for
the splendid control in which that
body over the pupils. In event of a
fire every pupil knows exactly what
to do, and would do it. the austens-
ible n in which they vacated
the building Friday is splendid proof
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-12-21
Great Savers.

How our mothers and grandmothers
would have appreciated the wonder
fully efficient electrical appliances OF
the present day. Probably most of all
the electric washer and ironer, be-
cause, if the proper machines are Sc
lected, they represent the greatest
economy. Not only do they save money,
time and backbreaking drudgery, but
the very clothes themselves.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-12-21
G. R. Bowles, foreman, Lafayette

G. r. Bowles, foreman, Lafayette
county.
F. F. Alternately, Webster county.
R. E. Aldrich, Benton county.
r. F. Coward, DeSoto county.
R. A. Callahan, Marshall county.
L. NJ. Brummett, Lafayette county.
D. C. Cooner, Calhoun county.
Jno. L. Hanson, Yalobusha county.
A. M. Hall, Lafayette county.
H. H. Hunt, Y~alobusha county.
J. w. Haynes, Union county.
D. L. Hardin, Calhoun county.
G. w. Johnston, Carroll county.
A. P. Meriwether, DeSoto county.
Lonnie Parks, Tate county.
w. D. Roak, Grenada county.
]. c.. Yewell, Carroll county
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-12-21

kept. There is a mysticism about it
bound up with the mysteries of time
and space. Like the savage. and the
barbarian, we feel the mystery, and
like them we beat the tom-toms,
ring the bells and go through other
rites as if to forfend against or ap-
pease the spirits which rule ove
r.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-12-21

THIS isn't a volcano in eruption.
It's a forest fire. working its
way up a m~ountainside. Such
fires destroy, on an average, from
seven to ten million acres of timber
in the United States every year.
The money loss is enormous. The
lower picture was taken in the wake
of the recent fire in the CloQuet dis
trict, which, besides the damage it
did to timber, cost a considerable
number Of lives.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-12-21

Ut takes time to dock a big arshlp, just ~ u oes o DISK a big ship n,
the sea- When a great water horne vessel warN &c drpp her pilot orr
take O. a ma Or two, she doesn't nnaneustr nr vas bulk up along
side a wharf. She simply slows up a hit, rsshaps barely stops. casts a
Jacobs ladder oversize, makes the necessary transfer in a minute o. two.t
and away she goes. Uncle Sans diigitaes are changing crews now in,
The same One is shown here making . sniff in just this fashion. in
the air Below is a photograph of a Eavy bombing plane flying os te!
smoke SCREEN spread By asstroyers OF the Ghiisd StAtss TacAc aset
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-12-21

He turned back to his companions.
The watery-eyed man, after n long,
wistful, farewell glance toward the bar,
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-12-21

CLASSIFIED
ROBERTS MARBLE co. is repre-
scented in Lafayette County by RI. w,
Roberts. Anything from a small
headstone to largest monuments, at
prices that will please. Dec. 7-14p
FOR SALE-My residence and the
cottage just south of it. S. w. Ward
law. Dec. 7-tf.
MEN-Our catalog tells how we teach
barbering quickly, mailed free. Mol
er Barber College, so N. End. st,
Memphis. Dec. 7-14p,
FOR SALE-Thorough bred Scotch
q lie puppies, tan and white. See
&ck borough, University, Dec. TIA.
WANTED-Men or women to take
orders for genuine guaranteed hosiery
for men, women and children. Elimi-
mates darning. Salary $5S a week
full time, $1.00 an hour spare time.
Experience unnecessary. Interna-
tional Stocking Mills, Norristown, Pa.
Oct. 19-10tp. =
6 PER CENT MONEY. Under Bank
ers Reserve System 6 per cent loans
may be secured on city or farm prop
erty, to buy, build, improve, or pay
indebtedness. Bankers Reserve De-
post Company, 1913 California St.,
Denver, Colorado. Nov. 16-St.s
statesmen WANTED: Reliable men
to sell the new Southern Raspberry,
other fruit trees and onamentals.
Best varieties for the South. Liberal
Commission. The Austin Nursery,
Austin, Texas. Oct. 1926. Nov. Up.
STEAM PLEATING or repleating.
Skirts, full size, SIPS, insured and
postpaid. Children's skirts, less.
Prompt service, high grade work.
Dainty ruffle pleating. Late style
cloth-covered buttons. Hemstitching.
Circulars free. Mail goods to Mrs.
J. M. Mclean, Murray, Kentucky.
Largest combined shop in the South.)
POSTED-All land of Herring Bros,
in Lafayette county, Mississippi, is
posted against hunting or otherwise
trespassing. Nov. 23-4t.
GET YOUR CARBON PAPER at this
office. Big stock just arrived. tt.
FOR SALE-Four mules and n
aorse. | will sell cheap. Apply
Paul Jones, Burgess, Miss. Dec IA q p
FLOR SALE-One Edison Phono-
graph. Plays the blue Amberol Re
cords. Sweet toned and in fine con-
dition. Apply to DR.. w. B. McMahon
3 1. T.
FOR SALE-Two bred gifts, about
ten months old, weighing about 200
pounds each. And will sell cheap or
will trade for meat hogs. Also a
few White Leghorn ROSTERS. +: =.
Cobb. Farm Bureau Dec. Ia y
LOST-One pair valuable eye glasses,
gold rim, double lenses. Lost between
the old Under place and OXFORD
Hotel-might have dropped them IN
front of Lyric Theatre. Finder call
Oxford Hotel. Reward.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-12-21

FOR SALE-My residence and the
cottage just south of it. S. w. Ward
law. Dec. Tiff.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-12-21
CLASSIFIED

ROBERTS MARBLE co. is repre-
scented in Lafayette County by RI. w.
Roberts. Anything from a small
headstone to largest monuments, at
prices that will please. Dec. T-14p
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-12-21

FOR SALE-Thorough bred Scotch
lie puppies, tan and white. See
Ack borough, University, Dec. TIA.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-12-21

MEN-Our catalog tells how we teach
barbering quickly, mailed free. Mol
e Barber College, so N. End. st.
Memphis. Dec. 7-14p.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-12-21

LOST-One pair valuable eye glasses,
gold rim, double lenses. Lost between
the old Under place and OXFORD
Hotel-might have dropped them IN
front of Lyric Theatre. Finder call
Oxford Hotel. Reward.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-12-21

WANTED-Men or women to take
orders for genuine guaranteed hosiery
for men, women and children. Elimi-
mates darning. Salary $5S a week
full time, $1.00 an hour spare time.
Experience unnecessary. 1nterna-
tional Stocking Mills, Norristown, Pa.
Oct. 19-10tp.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-12-21

FOR SALE-Two bred gifts, about
ten months old, weighing about 200
pounds each. And will sell cheap or
will trade for meat hogs. Also a
few White Leghorn ROSTERS. Z: Z.
Cobb. Farm Bureau Dec. IA y
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MUST HAVE WORD FOR LOVE
Suggestion That. oTdtIme "sweetheart"
BE Substituted Tor Ktien ."FIahees"
Seems Worth conSidefina.

The old belief that 'love hath no
need Of words. has proved itself to
be wrong, declares London. Answers.
When you become engaged to be mar
ried you cannot Introduce the future
sharer Of your domestic life by taking
her up to a friend and saying:
'"This is MY and do the rest
with display of eye work. Yet that
is what we were told-that 'tlove
spoke with the eyes," The poor man
would think that love had driven you
mad.
We had to find some word to de-
scribe our own chosen one OF the fair
sex, and we selected, Of all things
fiancee, a French, and at Its best a
terribly sounding word. w
At last, however, a protest has been
made, and "betrothed' has been sug-
gested. The word sounds sweet on q
poets lips.
He Is the first fiosw,,er q my freshest Az
Betrothed me Unto tho only heir.
Beloved has. been. another sug-
gestion, but the dear old word sweet
heart" requires q lot OF beating. But
whether It Is betrothed,, beloved,
sweetheart or even a new word-new
words are always creeping into the
language, 50 why shouldn't we have
q new one for love?-don't please, call
her your fle-on-say.
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ss-s=s - -
KIM Of poets.

II Shakespeare had been a morose
man, he might have been q great poet
still; but he would not have been the
one figure in literary history who to-
day Is regarded with as much real
and intimate .affection as If he were
actually with US in the flesh. He is
no longer, thank Heaven, SO. much as
a "cult." To read Shakespeare's plays,
to see them on the stage, to quote
openly and with relish the passages
YOU love most is not now to be thought
"high-brow" or even odd. What other
writer is read so extensively or with
such unspoiled pleasure in the homes
Of the poor, even in the homes Of the
rich? In this age Of a highly. self-con-
stious intellectual pessimism the popu-
larfty Of Shakespeare-a blithe prince
Of philosophers who looked upon life
and found that It was goods a salt-
tary, not to say sanitary, influence
of supreme value and Importance
London Daily News
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CREAMERIES MAKE BIG
SAVINGS ON FREIGHT

Farm Bureau News Service) -.
Savings in freight rates on 1900
carloads of butter, shipped through
the Minnesota Cooperative Cream
cries association in it's first year Of
active marketing work, amount to
$4,000. ~
The association announced today
that economies in freight charges,
brought about by shipping in carlots,
amount to more than twice the total
cost of operating the organization.
In other words, according to A. j..
Mcclure, general manager, the saw
ings in freight rates already have
paid back to the cooperative cream
cries and their patrons more than
the cost Of the state agency, so that
the other activities of the organiza-
ton actually cost the farmers moth
ing at all.
The membership of the association
totals 335 cooperative creameries.
The state agency, launched last
year, already covers all but five of
the &c counties in Minnesota. Four
teen expert field men are at work
helping creameries to improve the
quality Of their product to command
higher prices, and to market in car
load lots at lower transportation
costs.
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In the D.y'. New:

George Gavan Duffy, one Of the
triumvirate which for the time being
is to direct the. affairs of the Irish
Free State government, is the grand
son of the famous Sir Gavin Duffy,
one of the brilliant galaxy Of 48
men who became famous in Irish
affairs during the 10Th century.
George Gavan Duffy first came into
notice when as a member of the le-
gal profession in, London, he took
charge of the defense of Sir Roger
Easement. From that time he began
gradually to associate himself with
the Republican movement in Ireland,
and through his friendship with De
Valera received an appointment as
ambassador to Paris. He came into
the front rank of Irish affairs when
the French government requested
him to leave France. Duffy return
ed to Ireland when the truce was es-
tablished and plunged deeply into
the affairs of the Republican move
ment. He was prominent figure
in the negotiations with Lloyd George
and one of the signers of the Treaty
Of London by which the Free State
was established.
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I.
principal and interest of the loan with
in six months after its maturity the
government would pay to the bank
the amount Of such principal and
interest and take over the. certifi-
cate. This would be restored to the
veteran at any time prior to its
maturity upon receipt from him OF
the amount paid by the government
to the bank plus interest on that
amount at the rate Of 4 IL per
cent. a year, compounded annually.
The rate of interest charged the
veteran by the bank could not ex -.
casd by more than 2 per cent year
the rate charged lat the date Of the
loan for the discount of commercial
paper by the Federal reserve bank
for the Federal district in
which the bank was located.
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such an active sentiment against the
plague that it does not seem too
much to expect that within ten
years it will be. entirely eradicated
|or reduced to a minimum, 49,
.Inasmuch it has been demon
|strated that bovine tuberculosis may
be eradicated from an individual
herd or a group of herds or from all
herds within circumscribed area,
there is no reason to believe that
the campaign inaugurated in 1917
will be abandoned until it. is wiped
out in every county " the United
States" A@HAhs h
DR.. Herman clak. attention to
the rapid progress that is being
made in many states where there
is i high percentage of tuberculosis.
From July 1, 1917, to June 80,
.175,OOO tuberculosis cattle We're de-
stroyed in this country. When the
campaign began it was thought by
some persons that the destruction
of so many cattle would cause a
shortage Of dairy products and
cause alarm among. consumers. But
this has not been the case. The per
capita consumption of milk has in
creased and the number of milk
cows increased 341, 900 head in 1921.
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Farmer Has Terrible
Experience

II don't think anybody ever suf-
fered more pain than I have. Twice
I was operated for gall stnoes and
third operation was advised. A 1rlena
in Iowa wrote me how he was cureo
by taking ,Mayr's Wonderful Rem
edy. / Il took a bottle on his ADVICE
with good results and have also tax <,
en- the full course. My pains are all
gone and l feel I am permanently
cured" T., ,sf--s ..>ay.
It removes the catarrhal mucus
from the intestinal tract, and allays
the inflammation which causes prac-
tically all stomach, liver and mites
final ailments, Including appendicitis
One dose will convince or money re-
funded, at ALL DRUGGfsTs.-Adv'
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SOLDIER BONUS BILL !.
/ GOES To CONFERENCE
CONTINUED from Page ~

E.r-a
service credit if the money were
advanced in 1923 to 140 per cent
Of the adjusted service. credit if the
payment were made in 1928 of there
after. ~
Adjusted service pay or adjusted
service credit would be figured IN
the basis of 81 day for domestic
service and SIPS day for foreign
service, less the $50 paid at discharge
But in nor event could the amount
Of. credit Of the veteran who per-
formed no overseas service exceed
$500 and the amount Of the credit
of the veteran who performed any
overseas service exceed $685. -.
Adjusted service certificates
would have face value equal to
the sum of the adjusted service
credit of the veteran increased by
rs per cent, plus interest thereon
for twenty years at the rate of a Il
per cent year compounded annual
ly. -5..-l ~. ..
Until Jan. 1, 1926 any national
bank or any bank or trust company
Incorporated uder the laws of any
state, territory, possession. or the
District Of Columbia would be au-
thorized to loan to any veteran up
on his promissory note secured by
his adjusted service certificate any
amount not in excess Of SO per cent
of the total of the adjusted service
credit plus Interest thereon from
the date of the loan, at the rate OF
1-2 per cent year. ~
Should the veteran fail to pay the
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To WIPE OUT DISEASE
IN AMERICAN CATTLE
American Veterinary Medical
Association in Session at
st. Louis Today

St. Louis, Mo-, Sept. /, Omitted
Press)-Comp1ete eradication of
tuberculosis. among cattle is prac-
teal possibility, DR.. j. A. Herman,
chairman of the International Tu-:
berculosis Committee and connected
with the Department Of Agriculture
declared here today before the
american Veterinary Medical AS
sociation. Z ~ a..
= DR.. Herman placed before the
convention showing that cattle in
lection Of this character has been
greatly reduced and is now compare
lively light. ~ .svs.-..,. =
'sIn 81 states, comprising 1852 per
cent of the area Of this country and
containing more than 40 per cent of
the cattle Of the country, there, is
less than one per, cent Of tubercu-
Iosis," said DR.: Herman. .The live
stock owners in those states have
decided that the disease shall be
eradicated.s In this area there is