Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-03-15

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Of an unfair deal. It's an open
fair transaction in which tae
people have all To salu- nothing (.
10 lose. tEis j. c0Iat ole Tor yes !
Second. this company Is To
spend several hundred thous-
aud dollars ottaeir 0Tu casu ln T.
the construction 0f gAis road
before they ash for . single dci-
lar. THIS vast sun 1T money
goes TO the sons of Mississippi.
the iaboIiag elem2ut ID oar owe .
county and the sister counties,
and brings better ti-aes t.amedi
ately. IL viii he.9 20 feel. 4
cIo;ae aud educ re she people .
Of the State from tAe tI-le the f
first shovel i pas iat1 tae ro1t .
uutil IL Is completed. ibis s (
couut two, far yes. Third, .
people who have bat one rli.-
cal are compelled - pay ex-
horbitant prices o. at outgoing
aud incoming frai-i's. Thus
they pay dear.g tlr tle.r p-i.;-
lcses, handsomely .ug turls max
kcts. cxtOTtI0ucr's rates l1r their
conyeaieuces. 40 Wonder the
farmers feel pressed, aEd In
thti. secret souls cry ont. nov
long can ne endure our lives Of
uurrqaiJcd toll. under these gold
getting task masters, This I.iI-
uOis Central Railroad takes eve
r. year. from the town Of Ok
ford alone 10 say nothing %. tAe
other markets Ia the county
nearly 81 geo IN freights, au!
vino pays shat vas. sun Sos.
the merchants th@y caa's ID Il.
they wOulin Z 10 20 ifthcy could.
/ Every white man and ever
c0IoEed man in this county vino
buys an article % go0as from
any merchant IN the county paws
part of ij. he pays it when lac
buys ten ald c0Ese bread and
clothing lie pays It uhel be
breaks hiS p!0v or purchases
wagon NJt g cent less than
:i5,90j OF it Is paid yearly ~ .he
farmers when they cell thetr
cotton at one dollar less GA eve
~ bale than they should have,
aud than the education anj
maiataIn=ucc IF Their children
demands tor them. Aud again,
the farmers pay at lowest count
sI0,0O9 per year more tor their
Hour, u.ca5. aud necessary i'm
ported eatables 10 say nothing
Of dry goods, thanls Just aud
right lat they should pay; aud
much more than they VII. pay
trOEs the hour a new railroad
/ pas SEES through TaFayette com
" TO MemrhIs. No one need
Try to- deceive a farmer into he
iieving that the merchants or
lawyers or bankers are gene
Ioas enough To pay these la
meuse debts for the people
They won't do It, ueithe- would
you if yOa were in their places.
IL IS yOur calamity, and a won
der To RE it did not bankrupt
the ccUnty twenty years ago
ami IL won4& have done so had
rot the farmers sat on the grind
stone with haagFy sto1 achs aad
lily clad bodies 10 prevent 1t
No other class Ct men would
ever have endured so long,
fought the odds SO hF4yely. and
drank the very dregs OF toll 5
bitter cup 50 uuc0mpiaiuingly.
Iuis counts tea for res. Fourth.
All of the benefits coming To-
free people by competition can
be had by giving > b0ad for
$50 coo payable IN 30 years aud
bearing Only > per cent per an-
ANN. This is the pitifHl sum ofI
$500 per year, when the gain
on cotton alone in that time
over and above this animal ia
teresi, - clear gain. viii be ri
least Il zoo. The fact is that
Il the gain to the people IN
fFelghls alone. IN three years
were Sayed aud applied, NJ
ws uld not only pay the interest
on the bend, but would pay OF
the entire 5o..d interest aud al.
IEis Is dollars and cents in eve
.ybodys pockets and makes g
count u ten for Yes We
49,. ksE-a ts-e-zss4s-
Iiftu. tie development Of the
c0Gatry aud state demands II.
aud she future destiny Of our
people cries alsaI for It. "a
does no good IL So others
have Fejgieed ia the prospect
Of a rev road AID e growing
country, only 10 have their
hopes tar1ed TO ashes IL their
hau'.s aud their PRAYERS chang
ed 70 curses on their lips hi
has alreg Is been shown that
there Is 70 possibility of such a
thing in this case This is 10 be
a real bird In the hand, nor IN
The busL.. a caged tiger. rather
than one loose in yoRr sheep
Told, lightning ON the wire not
IN your house top. Ten more
say f5r Yes, the road by all
means.
Sixth, his is an educational
eeateF, Sd recognized no. OIL,
IA this county. but all through
the United States and .Eexico.
and Il Is shame that the means
OF reaching the State University
and the T-4r5rsr. .fE.r s.r.-.-r \ I