Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1900-05-24

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srssrOsts Mi-- Msrrh ~. ipae
n-sr Col Power I enclose clippasx
FROM . kentscky paper This is . sev
story 20 ne, and ! am ssssnevv bat skerti
cal aeout its eurrectne<a ! shaii -
grateful for isformssioa ss 10 whether
ssy such speech vas ever made In our
Legislature. Very truly.
Rv FIKtcssA
rsvosrp rus AUTHORIZATION
Ssm- tine ego there -s. eR~s-f In the
Mi-i--ippi he... Of r.rr~..t.ts,.. esll 10
spprvpris,- eia. go IN s~~r, . nssaness -
the Confederate ssidssrs he ~sss reasrs-
able ssiAr~~-, .ns the sa- -hica .sxs The
msss IN fsvsr of sss hsli ~ss ~sAs ~ J v.
uarrts, . e~sv~~i m.s
u en- sorry 10 h~sr the sp>-rh of the
young gsnsiensa from Msr.hs1 eeaatv. I
en- sorry that sny 500 "a . <siiier she.ls
- on record &c o-p-.~i to ,h. -r~r,tss 81
. monument in soaor ef the brave d-.a
Anf. str. I sn ccast.~~i that ssa h. 500
~hs' ss- st seven Pms end ,s the seven
day battle srpend Richmsad. b. -sais
not hsv. mssts that .p>~~s
whsu the ne~- came that the south 90.
10 bs ssvsae-i. tas~- ns~ ~~ss torth 10
1sht for shat they believed. sna ,ssv asst.
no request. for monument. to coBrssn-
crate ,sssr brave ds~i. sad sel, ..-rie~-.
But they aisi and taetr vsior esd tA-sr -ir.
tass shcaid bs rsmsmb~r~t sir. I zee,
With thsn- l. too. vors the ersy the sane
color that nv master -cr. wh.n nv
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acted the part % the mother TO the or
Sassst slave boy but nv cid uis.asi'
Were she living ao~. OF eoald he spe.s to
ne frsn thoss high realm. -h.r. ar.
gathered the .siu,-i dead .h- vouid tell
me to vet. Tor tht. ball. saa .ir. / shall
vote for a. I waat u kna-u to ell ~.
-orid that nv vote 10 gwen IN fsvor of the
ball 10 ers-t monument an honor ~ III.
brave Confefersts dead
GsxrSviLLs, April -. Isoo
Dear Colouel-rhe speech referred 70
was made ey J. y. Harris. % washiag-
ton county. In the Legislature Of i.so
| Vas IN the hoase when the speech was
made. I'd = Watson. of Marshall coaa-
~. had been selected By the opponents
Of the bill 10 lead the aght against IL.
Harris replied to Watson. and sad in
substance What 10 contained in the
clipping. Harris speech to.pl the hoas-
by storm He utterly demol iShed Wat
500 sad the other oppoa~nss of the
measure. The result was the passage
of the bill By . good ma iority. Harris
is . eolor-d lawyer and still resides n
Grcenviil-. and our white eitiz-nship
en,ertAins toward him The kind-.t feel
ing. Your friend. T. '. THoNss
rst.e~sity e..s..s.m~ss.
sunday. June S-Comm~nr-usus ~er~
mon BY Rev. T. A wigsinton. Ev.ns
vile. ts-s.
Mouasv Jus- s-TFus,--s meet. ors-
toriral esnt~s. b. soghomsr-S Tor
medals A. pm. literary soeieti~s
will hold ioin. n-~,isr. s~.isr debate.
Tuesday. June s--Asnu.l address ~
Hoa- {. H. Alexander. ef J.ekson. -
.sy ev A r. ABtS. po~n ~ Ms Arna
Vineyard. ~sci.i r-r~rtioa.
"Wednesday. Jss- ->-ss~F sr..sass.
HU1A~AEA - ~ - ArAAsEAftNN
The legislature Appropriated y go
for an ssn~s n the vi<..hsrx haspitsi
sor the sxcia-ss- a,e ~ er rpiess ar IA
dis~nf Confederate sss2aa~rs. provided
vic.searx Cs.ps-r Daughters - the
Csaf-Si~r.-y wssl@ r..s~ sl.eae tsx.rsi
thi. cherished sb -~s ~ sheir, They
are coasaeas sf sarr-~s. ans wili ~
xratrfai ssr rozsrshzfssssx. tea. 2 :.
Butts r~e~asly s.ssi-si tAssa ch~~S for
afsy dallsr~
rhi. wrlt~r ss~~.sv r-xr~s< the
d~atA of Ioha Ianasr e.sanzsa. the
Entifal anA t4l~zs~f 30 - cur ro<.a
friend. the esfitar - 80 NirEShnrg
Post Tho hoza~ has io-s q ashi- >sa
and devoted brssssr ssa the prof~.-
sioa % Soarn2lisan one who x@v~ prosn-
- of hriiiiast career We iosa with
osh-r> % the pres. IN expr~~Siae eur
hearty sympathy :" tho bereased-
The seven va-an, ~cholsr~hip- for
Mi<.i<sippi in the Peabody Normal cod
lexv ss Nashville have be-n allied. a.
follows. W. A. B.tnd. Bond. w. A.
Francis and " I. >hunper,. Evergr~~u:
l. Hollingsvorth. J@eia,o. e n. H.r-
too and W n. Park. S-natohis. Medora
Aiken. 6r-enville. These appoiatments
are made By chzncelIor Payne. Of the
college
The death Of Mrs Mary stamps re-
Gently in New Orleans u much regret.
ted by her many friends in Mississippi
She WAS . daughter of Ex-Governor X.
q. Humphreys and the widow Of Capt.
Isaac Davis Stsmps. of wcodville- q
nephew of jefferson D.vis-who was
killed at Gettysburg. She has been
prominent in educational work in New
orle ans for many years.
Judge Thomas H. Woods has been
named for Mississippi as one Of the
committee to select the names Of the
fifty eminen. Americans whose busts
are To occupy the Temple of PANE to
be established oy Miss Helen Gould in
connection with the University of New
York.
All of the teachers Of last session al
the I. I. and G. were reelected Miss
Lillian Joyce and Miss Addie Evans
were elected assistants in the art de
partmen,. The chair of biology was
established. The teacher not yet
chosen
When Governor Longino counted the
money in the treasury on the 10th inst
he found there: Cash. s9as.o4e -; peni
Tertiary fund. sI4l. .o5s. so; land redemp'
tion fund, s6issT; total, 81 .os5, To3. 81.
The Butter6eld Lumber company, o'
Noraeld. Lincoln county. has been ineor
porated. with a capital stock of saso. 900
which may be increased to sI. Ooo, 900
1t is the first to pay the maximum char
ter fee, $50.
| OF the one hundred and one appli