Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-09-05
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.
As.eaA-e,NaAnAr>,>
NOTES or PAST AND CURRENT EVENTS
By J. L. POWER.

I0@S EN-Ss sAZAAAaAAy
slueh. and more thza net eTery
rronise- There we're fuIly ten thcz-
said piunled knights in the grand
Har21e. ~kich vas witnessed and .d-
riire-. b. three hundred thousand p~o-
PIE The parade started AZ $40 o'elock
frOa the Gait HOase. znd vas fogr
ho1rs in passing the reviewi1g s.az1-
u 4 said - have surpassed all former
F-1Riar pzrade< This writer las
participated in several An4 The txenty-
eighth trt~nnizl ~zs easily the most
complete and zcst perfectly arranged
n all it, detzils- The arte,dzncs
from Nississippi vas a eisappolr,,
u~lf-ao; more tAzn thirty in II.
parsae- tut they we're genero9siy Ap
pisudei zlorx the lire % raarrh- Tneir
Rev zre hsautifai tanner EAs greatly
admired Gr&zA Couuzrder Harry
T Howard D~pu;y Gr1z1 COzzaz4er
R Il H-nrE- Past Grand Cozzanaer
Freierie Spce4- Grazd Recorder J. L
Power. 9@irx Eezh@-S q the Gra11
E1raZpZeas- o.ocupisd th- el-Ezz;
opea carriar- Assigned 70 Mississippi
which ms tie tkirrie,h % the forty
,0ur Grzad Co7zzzse-1es orzzf-e1
State delez-iozs Esrs seat@1 Il tie
order % t~ziority-
After the great Farz5e. The Grzz4
Enezzpzenf 2ssszhle-s in th~ eAzp~l
% tn Gs-ss- Hi<A School after ssszg
serv~t vita elezzzt r~fr-zhz-z.s
Abcat two k0GrS Eers occEp5-s. ~fth
a preliminary program % u~soOze al
1r-ssss- r~spcusss and zusie- J13r
Harry : Barker srske for Gov B~ck-
Aa=- -Ao couk zos - p-~<~zt -
c=nse % tAe errrez1e illz@ss q hls
~ffe Mayer Weaver SPOKE scr rhe
city. aaE Prese1sed The key 70 h~-
Ezr-z TO Grand Master Rszh~n H
Lloyd CoL " G p B--rkizri5<e
spose Tor ksztzckr- Mss BaEz1a
sang Ny Ost kszt1eky Hoz@ The
Grsn1 Eze1rzrzent vas th@z for-AIly
sp~zes1 aa1 roZzift-~S Azza1zc@1
IT, s~cnGG eay wE< occupis-s ~
GrznG EzczzVzz@ns WITH rozrfze eszsi-
ussz. oozp<sEtsve 6rtIl rec~ps5aos y
th- diE-rszt GrzaE Cozzzzaeri>z-
NississiFpi ksps oS@z koz=- al -
Wind zvezz~
At The ti-7@ of writing th@s- rox.s
MiiEzukee vas IN tn B~aa fer n.
nsxr frie1rizl hzr there w-1s \ ssru-E
SzamE-zs N faver q c,zkfz< WzsA-
iasr02 the p-Eza1-zt Pl1c- q ze<s-
-
The F>~siss q. r-~4sy-EEs~ usSs.r<
HII TIE editor og -NfsSssssvpl Mat
ter state wkezzer J. as a Ezs1ics os
tke peace- have the right 70 tErose n
Sze less tkaz s.5s8 f0r ths czrryizg of
cozesaiesf Eezpo-<e ! ask rAi< e@czzse
scEe of the courts have b~@1 imposing
a 11e % oaIy Sts-e-a-"-fI- J. A
The At g 1sS@ E1de the p~zzlty
ten dolLsrS This waS z-sa1ss3 ~
chapter -. las ISSS. so 2s 10 rad
Any F~rsoz who carries c01esale1.
II EhOls CT Il part any bowieknifs.
1irk knife bsTeher knife pistol br1ss
o. metallic ksuckIes- sii1Ehox- sword
0E ether ts21lY S@zpoa OF like kind
81 description SAzM h~ gsilty 0f a
-is1@-eanor. ana q curEec-toa shall
- punished unless the jury shall sAy
IN its ve-1fc- there shall h@ no in
prisozEszt- b = fze % ROT less than
twenty-five dollars gs-5-eei nor more
Jhzn Oce hundred dollars sie9l OF By
IEPriso1zezt n the county Jail 10;
mere than tArse nosthS. or both in
the disrrStion Of the court. bar the
5ury may rssur1 = verdict that there
shall BE 70 Imprisonment and in
such case the e01r1 shall impose q
fre Only
80 that 4 Ia<tlce Of the peace vho
wili iupose = hne o. O1ly sle-99 in
such cases Is not only liable for the
difference. but makes himself other.
xi<s Liable IL would be ~eIl for Cir.
cult Court judges TO call the attention
Of justices of the peace 10 the 2e1 o:
lass
Already complaint Is coming frou
some Of the sightesa eOanties which
have let the e0ntrzes TO work the pub
lie roads under the ne~ rusi Law II
Is alleged that TIE wOrk- in soEs
counties 5 badly dOne. and the coz
tractors SEEN Indifferent as to the con
diTio1 OF The reads. just 50 tkeir
pocketho0ks get the proper zrte1tio1
This Is bad Much S1s hoped frou
this new plan. and the State will suffer
il il too. turzs out = failure The
Meridian Star tanks II = bad plan %
trust the Eork wholly TO the Goa
feet Of Roadway sAOaId he made the
personal inspeesio1 Of = repres<zta
tive of the county board. and that
representative should possess. II least
the rudimeErs of the knOxl@8gs o!
engineering OthsrEise 4 zziOriIy Oi
the contracts will prove = waste o.
public msnsy-
Capt Geo H FuIkerSon- 0zs Of The
rsos- prominent cs the E&n who did
80 uueh 10 make f2noGs the good old
days in Mississippi died On August q
al his home IN Port Gihsoc. having
passed the age OF -three score and
ten True TO all the trusts Of his loas
life. his loyalty 70 the Confeasrzc1
vas one Of the Distinguishing uzrks
OF his career He fought IN the Valley
cznapign under SrOrewaM Iaekso1
and vas wounded several times. event
GzIly losing an arm During the Ezny
years since the var he has never fzlrer
ed in his devotion 20 the ezuse h
loved and the conrzd@s Who t01ghi
~ith him Cap, Flalker<o1 vas buried
With Masonic hoaors
During the absence OF Dr. Buehznzr
Superintendent OF the East Nississ
ippi Insane AsyiuHl in Memphis las
xeek. seven Of the insane inmates ol