Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-07-18

I siii rransfsr then ~ ne STAGE. or Z
- : sa1e VII give ne sunnrient clerical
At every csmmand IN fAe Csnf.-ieraf@ .@r-
th~ lfuu Ml~~ts@iuut Fortunately Al our
li.t-r fuiis ana other military r-curis az
1lrhninnt shru the city feiL Wsrp trans
1err-st % Washington and are nov A.
er~rieis II = a eurtnns farr thar many nf
eur rriurisd amt insiizsut veterans have
fainssi titinissi,ln 60 the Confederate ssh
dlrrs Humrs IN Louisiana and other Statrs
"a ssrtlncates frum tne War Department
t.-irtate s-iiisr~ vas g,-ud "a the end Lee
49, taniesiefaf- camp have n historian
WI - ~Frry amp se~ 20 u that cum
ptet~ rul a. possible ne rrrunrrsf sf
every company And every man lhaF Wa
niistrrrt n flr cuuufT This uuglI - a
80 taiial hfi9 q the cuuntv ami state
fensinn 'nuf-uissiuuerS who have - PASS
upon appilrafions. u ~ tpsf affsn the eass
I-hr tnu-e wau we're must Stt.-r~~~fRf in
se.isinE aufy n var time. are the m~st
a--re--iFr sust surr-ssfil In obtaining D~r-
%ipns m peace fiuiss. A pension when bs.-
.tp"-d 1F nation ar stare. however larr-
% s,sa,i t1s amount may b.. should 10
pa riiaf syn AMI vslor and ~ trvr-fixafinn
can h. tn1 searching that will exri,lsls. the
mrn sho arr so invlnrible In p.ace wer.
invisible IN war. While IL nav not b..
o-'-t u uphrahi them fsr their short-eoni-
20 demand hensfirs and souars rhat b.stIv
hricnZ to others.
>ecend- Let the agitation for a Cunf.si.
crate soldiers Home b. renewed Il woald
not cnsr much. and the necessity far ITS
eoufinHancr would cease In less than a
scor- % yrarS. There are nearly two hun
dred Disabled AMI insiisrnt her'p.s ae the
Lost Naffse IN Mississippi vino would
ind this haven II rest in their last
days. Mississippi ls about the anIv Sfat.
m the south that has failed 20 provisie
more d-ssrvinx u all that she can do ~
lighfsn their bursiens To the end Of the
marrh-
rhlrsi-rhe pafrsotb. WORK Inaururar-,t
hy tire paughters ef the Canfesisracy. ot
sr-rtinS mcnumsnts tu the Confsslsrars
dehd should D. continued until there l. a
mhrDie snait er.rtest At every county site.
On whirh shall ,. engraved the names II
every faithfat soldier u that county. 80
necialiy the names u those who tell dur
ing th. xrpat struggle. Tr has been truly
-uid that n ianti without mauumenfs i a
lhnd strneut memories. Let a. see T. il
Ia. a..ssi.esent -. has memory tor all her
Let us hspe thar the suggestion fragment
y mssi- rhat the Third u Inns shall he a
legai hoiiiiav IN Mississippi. shall take
form IN a statute Governor I0uxino ha.
intimaresi thar H. will ~ rprommsud mi.
% ne hstisiafure n January. Mississippi
= about the only STATE in the Union that
nas nnt statutory holiday The wor,t
nuthfay dosS unt appear in her Annatafe,I
tosie. Let Us have eue that shall annually
cpmut-mor1te tire birthday u Jefferson
Davis. q whom a gifted aud eloquent ciri-
s.r u N.sstsstppt said -tie was one oc
the pursssr aud loftiesr rbarartsrx rhac
ever asiorned the r0II of Amsrfrau xfst.s-
men and parrtots. In @sriy years he De-
came the pride q her chivalry. az larer
rerfad her -reafest statesman and pariia-
menrary leasisr. Ills splendid genius was
Nitsstssippfs raresc Jewel his teachings he's
dnrtriues. he represented his Dsupls with
without peer or parallel and IN thrir hour
af misfortune was their willing unrom-
planning. vts-artnus sarsrpr-
And now, Gumrrttes Nnrherx ant rauuh-
ters Of the gonfssierary. friensfs and feT
ln~ ctSi1-nss let - congratulate each other
On tnis erignI June eay N the hrSt
year af rho rwenristh century. rhar m.
grand odd state for shirh YOU Fought AMI
suffered and sarriftr-si uurh i farrfu..
theaf In a marvellous Sav. o. material
nrugres- and prosperity. Let rs rehslc-s
thar THERE'S a good tim- coming sss.sn''
when eN-ry pound % eir great staple viii
capital and Operated hF the xkiII "a eur own
r"upis- When New England and the reat %
nankind viii buy cur fabrics insteaf q
our 1brrs. Iar ~ refotr- IN Al that has
heen accomplished IN an e,lrfrartouaI va
thar Mississippi has rke record bv the
e-n=Hs q f9oe. Il having more children
scho.ais. according u population. than any
ssn-r ssare % n ne nta1, With tga erSTTp. erST..
<iris sa- tile Hrsr u tts kina on the enn-
tinenr. and lsats all the others that have
psfrern-t trufn her thar rs agricultural
and mechanical eoiieg- for whites has
attained parruuage and pr-ssfgp exr~esling
all expectation thar its textile sEhoal II
the Industrial grn oe all southland. and
cur Zrv1r >t1re University. cur numfruus
ami splendid private zrhsiafS and colleges
We have irisr rause N b. proud bur the
educational work that commands aur warm
ssr alniratian- and tbat cumes ussrest ~
each Hlf al af us. - our magnificent xvs-
tenn af nutiic schools. In the mainfenanre
0t whlrh nearly TWO millions OF fallars is
annually expended
An averteWiuE treasury ability 70
meet all maturest abligstiuns. and u
anticipate all sthsrs, % crest mifiinn
dollar state House without the ISSUANCE II
a single hanf the constantly increasing,
railroad mileage the steady inflow II rapE
tal Invested in building up the waste plasss
and causing them to biossum as the rnss
the annual Increase II millions OF tfaiiarx
In assessdbie valuatfurSs the Increase ar
more than twenty r-r cent in papuiafiBr in
the last drrade % the absence u labDr
strikes. rh. rrfGu 9f --Deaee on earth. good
viii toward men that appears ~ b. rhs.
rule af life IN Mississippi. all lnsilraf. thar
there Is net only ~tife IN the odd land
vet hHr that Mississippi has gpr 4 move
0n her that will noc slackeu until she gets
70 the head af the Industrial prp.pssi1u
She may mt discover oil hur she viii have
use fnr more than see has ever before
consumed