Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1894-07-26

Plant your lush potatoes for
Git crop now sou yorr tGrr.p
seed while everything Is faeora
ole, and next winter, with plea-
y Of turnips, potatoes, corn and
hOgs sc home. and a fail crop of
cotton, jog will see the happiest
people in tic world.
W " Foust s one OF tte odd
farmers of this eouury. His
corn crop Is so prcnIsIng that
he has already begun to arrange
for hauling and storing away.
He Ez= in town Monday nego-
tiating for a new wagon, and
thinks probably this. in addi
ton to his old ones, he can
move his crop BY Christmas
We we're shown one day re-
Gently a very large Scnf0wer
grown by our friend, Will Nc
AshCn- Il measured If IL
inches in diameter, aud nearly
50 inches In circumference. Mr..
Mcmahon says the sunfOver
makes an excellent food for
hogs, and fowls, and their culti>
vatisn viii prove profitable on q
large scale.
Mr. A Flake, a business man
Of reputation has formed q part
nerskip with our tovnsman Mr..
q Nelson and they Will open
a store in Wtnona in the fall
Mr.. Nelson will leave soon for
the Eastern markets. and Mr.
Flake will remain in Oxford till
the stock has been bought,
when be will 90 to winona and
take charge of the store there.
If the "eariy bird always
catches the worm then several
worms should prepare to get
caught in November 1895 in the
way of county Offices for there
are several early birds out.
IN the way of candidates. who
are having glorious time az
the numerous pienics which are
being given throughout the
county. Some What premature,
chi
Rev. J + Thomas aud family,
and Mrs. II. Price went out last
Tuesday morning and spent two
days at the home in the country
of that estimable lady, Mrs. 8 G
Price No pieasanter or more
delightful visit can be made
than one to this beautiful and
hosp.ta0le home of Mrs Price,
and il Is unnecessary to say
tEat this one was enjoyed &c tie
f1llezt extent
1t is said by farmers that the
cotton crop in this section
promises a larger yield even
with the fruit which has now
formed on IL than was made any
one OF the last three years IL
this be true then the August
crop added 20 il must make a
very large yield indeed. and Or
ford may expect the largest
shipment OF cotton she has made
for ten years Or more.
Tie PopcIItes in this county
ara so few that you can readily
recall them all In counting up
their strength at the different
precincts Democracy is good
enough Coz lafayette county
people, and we are sorry that
the few who are seeking note
riety by opposing Ii, viii not see
the error of their way and desist
fror- their folly Ring OF, neigh
Dor, and let the Right move up
to fron..
Read the chapter IN the new
code on Primary Elections
and faniliarize yourself with the
requirements of the Law. and be
prepared to vote inteIligentIy
and understandingly at the pri-
mary N August Do not 20 to
the polls depending On another
for instructions Low to vote. III
you have a preference for one
or another candidate, prepare
to expre4s that preference 50
that it will count.
Ii was our pleasure last Sun
day to listen to q very able SER
mon at the Presbyterian church
delivered BY that foreible, and
eloquent yorug minister, Rev
W ID Heddleston. The menu
bership of this church are for
tunate in having a. pastor this
earnest. faithful and devoat
young preacher, and We are glad
to know that he gives the most
perfect satisfaction to al, who
love and esteem him very mach
Attention 10 called to the card
Of Warren Female Institute, un-
der the management of Mrs c A
Lancaster, Principal. This school
10 known to the people OF Ok
ford. and needs no words of in
PRODUCTION at our hands, and We
simply ask attention to II to cor
rect any impression th-t Mrs..
Lancaster would not teach the
next session.
From her card it vii. De seen