Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-11-14
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS
NOTES or PAST AND CURRENT EvENrx

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Association On their annual outing.
Eickseury and Jackson played tha
part az host to this ane body Of PRO-
zresztve men and women, and. IL ".
may Judge BY the many kind things
said By thu visitsrz. they played e
we'll Our vast lumber possibilities
impressed them more. perhaps. than
any stser oc sur numeruus resources.
fnesrs vas . humber SeAss q nssgs
While azn. and where thu dairy herds
aev craze the stately fsr-se stood 90
recently that even tho yozax st1tnrs
remember them Many Of Nississip-
pfs xnid mines lie n her Forests and
ras pruspertorz are rapidly locating
them One ot tia -Bafgsr" editors
spoke n vrrt sf warning aIons this
Inc. hy the way lie urged. with good
reasons. that unv while there is yet
time Ieg1sis<fve action should De taken
hy cur people looking TO the rsg1Ia-
ton az timber cutting and to the pres
erT1r1on 0f the forests II the cut
ting of rrsss Il csrrain vzrieties ani
. az -cert1-2 asez "a 1rnhlal-est-t Il a
required % those eurrinx to pEane
youax rrersf Ia pIze &C ne al. az
soDnsgsn&zriuus VIII ahrsS "a fore.
sNAE and 1rsSasaEhs M nszusrves
rae forests 1aad WIKI them so many
aA-endanr nIessiagzl to tae STATE. Our
Vhscunsin visirsrs sers In ehnrps Of
Aizziszi71fs staach friend. Capt. T. y
Merry az Dubuque. Ia. Who has. per-
sa7s. done more To put Mssizssppfs
rrnrss AL possibilities before
w0r4Ase Investors tian any other
naa- While serving vel the great Z
T. Z R- of WHICH he is an sfsciaI. ha
aas served Mississippi better. and has
forged E1ks af friendly inrerruurss
and srzde rslarinns rhar time VII cum
ei1ue "a srrenxrhen- When thu genial
ea1ra1n hruugar ais drsx -dairyuen-
90 Mississippi more than ffesen years
axn he had - USE nnch ur<ax and
s6er zrar fnfnrements n addition
% the trip irseif - persuade sar1e se
them 10 enuie- A few had 70 De r1Es
where Mississippi was. aad a few 9TH
srs dzma1desi rucx bound enrrrarrs
t1ac No cannon or small arms should
as aimed II them as they PASSED
rhrnugH viekzharx or -CoDilh-- Now
Mississippi d known to All the peuuIe
az the great Northwest a. a vsrfrahIe
zarSten az Eden tsxart which al
sisn To eame- And m1ch at this
very mHgh ac its dls 20 the IIIiuafs
Central or To Casc Merry
Ssravs show which way the wind
aisvs. hence We may rutxz by the
eoGlnxt1g. scattered through LAST
weeks issue AZ tas Ahersteeu Exam
lasr. that the farmers IN our prairie
country have eazy times ahead. thanks
70 thsir tsrsssghr IN missing ane hay
-Nr Alfred l. Bowen. enc Of cur
=nEsrprlzlng farmers. tas housed rhts
seascu ever sixty tons of the finest
2eavl1e hag. a stock feed equal 20
cnrn- He Is also saving n large guam
lily af hay frum native grasses
Mr. G. G. NcCandIass has over a
thousand hnlez az dne haT IN scnrv
IL the compress warehouse ar the u
4 O. depot. and Is daily adding 20 the
lecumlLat1an
1t = q pleasant thing ta look upsn
the calet hay from the farm oe Mr..
o. 5. Anderson that he Is pfIfng up
Ii the unrehouse II the old spoke fle-
tnry- lie hasf 1850 bales in store when
We were up there Wednesday and The +
wagons we're still haHT1g In an
ether pan Of the warehouse are 800
1ales. raEt Of the erup Of his nephsv.
Who Is stu making hay We gnaer-
stand rhn< Mr. Anderson holds bis hay
erup ar $Ia5a per ton, and better
cured haJ Is seldom seem He expects
hay
Judging By the following. the d.
nand WIN equal the supply. znod a.
that Is
Agent Godfrey Of the NJ & o. r
R. received an order Tuesday for the Z
purchase Of twenty carloads of hay
In speaking Of the Thankzgivinx
proclamation. thu Harrieshurg Prog
rsss urxes the Gsyernor TO make Il
long and loud" It adds. IF ever
there v0 \ time that We should be
thankful for the many good things
We have been hie8ed with. since the (
first Of January. that time has cume-
our crops have been good. our health 1
fne. and prosperity increasing every /
day" Among other things for which 4
We should give thanks. the Progress |
enumerates the enormous lumber out
PUT In South Mississippi. rzflruad /
construction, new saw mills and ample \
business to keep new aud old run
ming the ergtan yiald. uhieh . batter 1
than We cared hope fsw naaths azo. 7
the fine sUxzr cane crop. which Is GO
ing to furnish ample supplies Of mo-
Iasses for the thrifty farmers IN lower
Mississippi. and many o<hnr blessings.
We noted In these columns recently /
that one of our circuit Judges had \
given his jury scua very particular
instructions ausnr tha selling Of Pc
runa. and now comes the news that \
the Mayor of Columbus has warned 4
the druggists Of that city against
selling ginger. pepsfn- malt extracts 4
and various ocher innocent looking /
beverages Next VIII come the pro-
hihition against favoring extracts
Worcestershire sauce and kindred \
-hoe srun and the vcuId-he toner \
VIII have - hard (zud dryl road to 1
travel"
Z The new winter cars On the electric 1
line In CUR capital city are models Of \
heauty and enmfort and leave nothing
to be desired by the Legislators and
oehers Who VIII vfzit Jackson this
except heat rhers Is no heat
ing apparatus IN any of the ezrx
Thfs Is little uncomfortable. Of
course. hur the Passengers have only
10 think II eeher passengers riding In \
trA Nsrw<A