Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1900-08-23

the hall hath not been told
The censns ~ iso gave tho village
Of Laurel a population Of tsa The
census of 1900 will give !, . population
Of more than .ooo Indeed the entire
coau,y ~ Jones has been On . commeF-
cisl and industrial toom for several
YEAR. The total population In $50
vas -.aa3. The c~nsn. % iaa will
show fuliy ls.cco The increase In en-.
cable children in the lasi ten wears =
a,yo> and Ia this. A. in some other im-
portant respects Laurel leads. the a.
SCISSOR having eauseratsd ~ ehiidtea
- srhoss sE.. az iuervz~e % 80 sl1se
the enumeration ~ Isz-
Laurel = 90 the line 81 the New Or
ieans 4 Northeastern railrosd -
miles south % Meridian. and ips mile.
from New orleans. : miles - Elils-silcs
70 10 iiattiexburw A branch rnaarhf
fords direct communicated with JS<e-
$40 over the Gulf a ship Island rail
rad. several handsome coaches a the
Gulf a shiP Island acre there "a the
branch track
After a go--i breakfast At ~l-rsric-
lighted Hotel Laurel We called ca
the editor - tho Laurel Chronicis, Mr..
Edxar 4. bishop Like bisk~sle<. %
>~N Albany. he believes that TIE pr
sihiiitiss - bis town are beyond sAlca-
la,ion- And the chronicle ofisr j. a
fair. srs~i-.en % the general p-exr~<s
and pr,~p~rity. II l. thoroug n ivequiP-
ped with new material. the press b-iay
operated By q gas engine. Mr.. Bishop
will ~ a competitor for the state
.priniiaR when proposals shall - In
vitesi for the next four yeAr~ e''utraet.
To our request for few dots at-ou,
Laurel be promptly responded ab"ut a.
follows.
well sir. there are the Easim2n.
Gardiner 4 Co. saw mills. planiSg. dry
Kiln. electric lights. annual capacity.
aboat ~. ooo. GO feet dre>sed lumber.
employs ahou, 80 mea.
Then there Is the Kingston Lumber
Company mills. Pisniag miiis.
dry siins. electric lights; capacity Ss.-
o.. 90 feet. 40 men.
The Laurel I.asaher Comp@ny. cuts
hardwood. 10 now making improve
m~Bts that viii eo>, about sIe. 60. ca
psei,y ls.oco, 90 u -. go 90 fret.
lee factory; capacity six tons daily;
consumed by lo~ o. trade.
Laurel Cotton Mills. now building.
capital s.so.eo-. WIZ be m - vrstioa
this fall.
Laurel oil and Fertilizer Company.
capital $4,000; plant will be in opera
tson very soon
"A $1,000 school building. erected
last year. but proving too small for our
increasing population.
"A steam brick plant
One bank in operation. aud another
chartered.
"Five church societies: three new
churches to be erected this year
The New Orleans & Northeastern
railroad i one Of the biggest and best
Of our attractions; and then there Is
the Laurel branch Of the Gulf & Ship
Island. that runs Il miles west. and
will connect with the main line at sAr-
atoga. 40 miles west OF Laurel.
And then we haTe-not by any
means the last or least-tbe Laurel
Chronicle"
The average citizen of Laurel can
tell you all about her past and present
and future. OF course that il the
special function and often the prrroga-
tive of the local editor; but we found
another citizen who j. not only thor
oughly posted about Laurel, but who
told ~ what he knew In such an inter
esting way We made mental steno-
graphic notes Of his interesting state
nen,. Here is about what he said:
The town of Laurel. a. YOU doubt
less know. was founded about the year
isss, wlIsn the New Orleans A North
eastern railroad was constructed from
Meridian to New Orleans. The princi-
pal Industries have heretofore been
lumber manufacturing. Al present
there are three large saw mills. ship
ping each year between 75.0oo.odo aud
lOo, 00o. 600 feet of lumber. These mills
have a monthly pay roll in the neigh
borhood OF $4,000. A saw mill Is often
looked upon a. a variable quantity
here today and gone tomorrow. In
this particular case. however. one can
obtain an idea Of the permanency. from
the fact that these mills now own q
timber supply TO operate for twenty
i've to thirty years, wirtiout adding an-
kmtx Aal1tna. In aAft-
tion To this actually owned. there are
thousands Of acres To come into mar
ket. which will be sft at this point.
Recently a move has been made
toward the establishment Of other
manufacturing industries at this point.
The Laurel Cotton Mill will be opcrat-
ing next winter a io.Ooo-splndle mill.
loom capacity for making in day time
what these 10000 spindles can manu-
facturc running day and night, making
practically 10000 spindle mill. hgur-
ing on the basis of eleven hours day.
This compsny's present building is rs
feet wide by SIs feet long. three stories
high. with boiler and engine room, and
cotton warehouses in addition. The
company has an authorized capital Of
si,ooo.ooo. and expects to add three
more mills to its plant.
THE Laurel Oil and Fertilizer Fac
tory has just been organized with an
authorized capital of $4,000, and will
put in 60-ton cotton oil mill. and will
have in connection modern cotton gin
aud fertilizer mixed. This will be in
operation this season.
There is serious talk also OF a sash
and blind factory, and q paper mill on
. large scale.
Last year the city built handsome
ei0.0 900 public school building. and an
other will be erected the coming year.
I'VE have one bank Of $50 900 capital.
and surplus with deposits OF sis5.oOo.
and new bank has been organized and
has contracted for the erection Of a
handsome building OF brick and Stone
to cost about $4,000 A new sle. 900
city hail will also b built BY the city
ehte vsap