Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-12-05
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS

koTEs OF PAsI AND CURRENT ENEMA
BY KATE MARKHAM POWER.


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ter land
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terrain TIE State Co-vsngio1 4
Sous Of Veterans. whieh zs~
there on the I-rh os Mareh-
Queen City Of the East exPsc
entertain ~ least 5aa guests. az
viii DO II veil Every county I
state sboald have a. least oze
and these should all be rsprss<
AZ the State conventions O1iy
more years and 1t Will lie wir1
sons and the Daughters Of TIE
federacy 10 keep bright and fFz
its haliO<sd memories Tie
old soldiers are falling faster
the cruel shafts OF tine than
ever fell in battle. and there are
10 hasten to the frOar and take
places. unless il i our young NED
women And II : our duty and i
be our pleasure to do IL The bsst
TO do this IS to organize thoro<
and keep the EOTk alive IN the
OF the young people
The latest authentic news aboq
n. J. < X. I. R r comes frOa
Merrill. in an interview with The
bile Register. in which he SAYS
all arrangements have been coE
fOr building a road from ns7r
gustz- in Perry eoanty. 10 Men
by way q Laurel At the sane
says the Progress. the rad Is
pushed TO HzftieSburg aS fast
can BE- Certainly i lOokS that
when the roads attorney l. y
up riShts-of-wzy through Hs
burg and contractors are advsrt
for lzborers by the hundred 20
on the HzIIissbUrg line TIE PTu
asserts enphatiealIy that the mai
EilI come by Ha1tiesb=rg. and 4
viii get there ahead % spring
ther states that a branch vii 4
less be built TO Laurel. and nd
continued TO Memphis. but il I
TO Il that Harrisburg will be q
main line The rumors znsnt the
ing OF the ". J. & X c. at Least
the people something TO talk
We hope II viii not be long be
viii give the people along its
line and its branches plenty to \
bring into the eouutry the money
which 10 do it.
South Hississippi's hardwood d
is coming into prominence, ard
natural consequence is in 6eESzl
New Orleans hardwood dealer
week bought forty carloads Of
and other hardwoods TO Be del
AZ once The dealer viii be able
all the stock for the order near
tiesburg There are fortunes
TO fortunes in MiSSissippis hzn
timber. and unless we beSlir czr
men from the Northwest will "a
here TO gather in these fortunes
The fact that there Is sill
deal OF cotton in the fields ID
Jackson and Natchez exeites COZ
among the travellers over that
line Last weeks issue Of the
Springs South says Some OF
fields have never been picked or
in others the second pickicy
make a heavy crop fc. the q
II Is on hill land too. and soaas
has b@en IN cultivation for rnors