Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1900-12-06

our lAst Visit we urtt knew u ~ .
small and unpromising village. IL 10
now . subsiantially-built city Of aio>
population. IL has two banks-and
there IL nothing nicer In Mississippi
han the Tupelo Bank building. There
are four hotels. an oil mill, . cotton
mill nearly completed. capitalized at
$50. 900. aeo-inch compress, . handsome
union depot. several Wholesale houses
that do an immense busine<s-tho<e Of
Clark. Hood 4 Co aud J. J. Rogers
amounting to several hundred thousand
dollars . ~ Among the profitable
industries are an ice factory. . spoke
factory. a cotton scale factory. . laun-
dry and an ale-bot,iing establishment
II has an electric light system owned
by the city that furnishes light at AK
per burner per month. and Tor much
less where many are used. IL has also
a big Hsh po~.-s seres-stocked two
years a. an. now ssording trout, Of
i-rgo Sc. The pond ~ So -lied by
hne srtesian wells Scam tickets give
h~hing priv t~'e- a week. IL the
catch - - : iva pounds q cents Is
charged.
We visited the publie school aud
spent several hours there Il Is a large
and well arranged brick buildisg.
Af.er speaking % the many improve
men;s Of Tupeio We asked "wha; Is the
be>; thing in Tupelos~ and one OF the
primaries promptly answered. The
public school Prof ID. A. Hm l.
principal: ~ enrolment; II grades
each teacher has two grades the prin-
eipsl helping in all. This j. one % the
schools affiliated with the university.
and those who take its fall course are
~-~cNrcd - enter the freshman aud
re classes Of our State college.
Prs@ Hnl hes been principal - yeara
lie Is recognized A. ono VI the s;ronges,
teacher in our public scnooi system.
lie Is At home in every class room. lie
gives much attention TO vocal music, of
which he il an accomplished instructor.
Three handsome brick churches are
among the late imprcvements-Bap,is
Methodist and Presbyterian. The
Cumberlands are preparing to build.
/, was u great pleasure to meet
Hon. John NJ. Allen. He cultivates one
Of the finest farms in the State. near
Tupelo. and has considerable property
in the city. We also met our Masonic
friends. Major +. NJ. Slavery. McssrS
Hoye. Hood. Henderson and others;
also Hon. II. C. Nedford. member Of the
last house.
From Tupelo we proceeded to Blue
Mountain. via New Albany. Our friend
Blakeslee had worked up an audience
at New Albany for our free lecture,
but a wreck on the h. C.. VI. & Il pre-
vented u making connection
1t is worth a long journey to see Blue
Mountain College with its go studests.
sa5 OF whom are boarders- These in
clude pupils from Alabama. Louisiana,
Texas, Tennessee, Arkansas. Missouri,
two from Mexico and one from Cali
foruia- The college is in its twenty
eighth ear. IL was established BY
tieneral NJ. Z. Lowrey. and is a noble
monument to his faith in God aud love
for humanity. The dormitory buildings
were destroyed by fire in February last,
and the laundry about a month ago.
Brick dormitories are now being erected
ing made, 50 that by the opening of
next session 1t will have accommoda-
tions for three hundred boarding pupils.
II has a large and able faculty, and an
earnest, diligent, healthy and cheerful
roll of students They are there for
business. Prof II. G. Lowrey is presiden,
and professor Of English; Rev. W. F.
Berry. business manager; 7. c. Lowrey,
secretary and treasurer; Mrs Modena
Lowrey. lady principal; Prof. A. II.
Elicit, teachers training course aud
public school branches
At night Prof. Booth Lowrey's class,
In school Of expression. gave its first
recital. and an interesting program de.
lighted the large audience. The pro
fessor divides his time between the
Baptist University and Blue Mountain.
We attended the Thanksgiving ser.
vice Ut Ripley. Rev. A. X. Jones de
iivered an appropriate discourse. Hon.
Thomas spight read the proclamation
of president and governor, and made
some pertinent remarks on the failure
Of 80 many people to attend Thanks.
giving services IL i not necessary a,
Ripley. nor at Jackson. Is well As many
other places. to post a notice in the
~vestibules. standing room ONLY
About SIS was contributed for the Rap.
list Methodist and Presbyterian or.
phanges-
These notes are concluded in order
that we may take Thanksgiving dinner
at the home Of our friend, Hon. John
\. hurry. Jr.
fepaiatioa Of Mississippi
The population Of Mississippi. As of.
heially announced from Washington,
Is i.SSl.e7O against I.sso.6Oo. 1880. or %. :
per cent The population in 1850 was
l,isl.S95. showing an increase OF l5s.
Ea, OF 1873 per cent from Iss0 to lseO.
The population by counties is as fol.
lows.