Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1900-04-12
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.
NOTES or PAST AND CURRENT EVENTS.
BY J. L. POWER

orEs or PAST AND CURRENT EVEN
BY ]. L. POWER.

/ Ihi< article ~ not intended a. .
write up. simply nnt~~ % a very bur
risd visit. oo the mprning - the sath
ultino. - snu- ~ shs l-siiur iasias-
trie> II oa- ~ the rassst progressive aud
prosperous little ri,i~. ~ the >oath
we~i We wer- IN osr Nsy. stth huu-
dreis Is, oth~rs from all parts "a the
STATE - att~ad the funerai % NJ
Covernor John " stone aai having ~
wait untii the tr.sa came .iDaw from
Holly springs. re called ap-sn torinth's
popular mayor. Hc.L 7. y Henry. and
| invited him a. e>.,ort "a 20 sosn- ~ the
big tse,ori-s that are max ing fame and
fortune for that tea,~rprisinx city. The
mayer promptly accepted the iaviia
,iou. and good team h-iBg placed a;
our service We drove to the Aicurn
wo,len Manufacturing Company. ~
which John u Joses l. president and
T.. " Weaver secretary THIS factory.
from a modes, bcginning eleven YEAR
ago. has grown "a large proportions.
Its sole ssd only output j. pants
mostly jcans pants. that wholesale from
~, - 10 81 pr dorm. There are sbou,
80 persons employed in the building
no children. 90 eolored. aud nearly all
adult females. who make from o. To y
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pants with few movements Of the big
knives. the waste being reduced 10 the
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Tn, ,,,o ,,c,ori.. ,rrn ou, .hou, 100
aoz.n n.irs a, ,an,> . d.v: nav roll,
,h,u, a. -eo n v..k. the weekly nav
rolls of all ,h. factories in Corin,h
Amounting tn ahout ss. 600.
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iaiine eonn'''"n' NO" o,aes resen nun
from All SECTIONS OF .he mon, ana u y
only oy constant ehiafsemeh' 'na' ne
i aoie 10 Keep pAee win n's "'ue.s-
ne Is no. an i'hPora'o" u. = 70 '".
manner oo'h' Aha nus Se''', sueee>''u, 80 "
SHOWS "nA' may oe aee"np's"e" "
piueA' perseverance, anu goo" J"ue'ns"'-
These were all the factories that We
could visit; but the other Industries IN
elude an ice factory. steam laundry
two spoke factories, a osrrei-heading
factor large cotton compress electric
lights water works and telephone sys-
tSm- nlantnw mills and lum Der factory 2,