Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-11-07


Interest car r~ople are takt.r In that
s7asndi4 a-w 6>pare-~zt of cur A.
q NJ Coll~xs. the textile sehool. ari
ve are eu1stszt that within that new
eepartzre lies the hey By vhi<a
EKzy doors 10 szer~sz azt fHre snd
wealth viii he opsret 10 The eager
gaze q cur hoz~sznghs yozths-
Its in1z<ne~ s1 the fzszr< Of this
State and this people can,rs he e=si-
mated and ne r.soies Al evsry nev
rroce &C the vtSfcz cg its ssr.etisa-
Eert
But there Is aao-her t.parsasnt oe
tkis xrezt izssit1ricc that i doing
and vill eocrirue 10 Do x< z1eh for
c1r psopse tz5ivt1laliy as the great
textile s<hool viii DO for the STATE
as whoae- This Is TIE school whers-
- cur ZO1nr peppte lsaru to love the
sciszex CT agriculture and hortir-lt-
ure- Fruz this krovts<tre viii ccc1e
ability to manage rot oaly the great
pa1tzrio1< for which Mississippi has
always he~n fazoax. e1t the s7lsedi1
truck farzs vkich are proving 50 re-
na1zerzrtvs. kze TIE orrharVis. which
ozxAt to gazd eo1hsls=s will IL Iis,I-
vhilel rival the xrsa. fruit secsi9a
Ct Georgia. Which h1s accomplished
x1eh zarvsls IN the past tera&=-
Cecrx.a's p~arh crop aloce. srcizstve
C kiat-ss1 sz-eresss. susA ax ear
nerses. sor fl-scriss. osAer fruit etc
Wa wo-rh khsr seasc1 s.-sasds'A Il
does act f1l % the lcs oe every Erlt-
H1r- ot the A. & n 10 Manage these
Arre Interests. kgt IL sAozld hs the
Loo of saeh nxn vA0 has sSEzEist
there TO Aare lis own Ezr.eu- a71.
ca 4 sail sras<. his orvhlr9 and vine
y1r- he a-tsoriri>s are working
hard 20 give eTery sSzs.@rr the kzCwt-
edge 1z1 sIverts-ee rerssS1rF for
tAt< greatly -ss,1sd hc1e wcrk- In
tie s<rz~eerry gzr'.sn< 1loce this
year the boys xiu cultivate and Se1slT
80 varieties. az6 similar xcrk vii
BE doce with ether berries and fruits
We vu1lt I-ss otts1 hear ot flif-
ErssI E0r1lg-r4 rlzess- uzh1Fpy
koEess dsseu1teztsd ehiI6rsa az1
ovsrxorket parsnSs IL cur yo11g geo
PIE list starting cut in lie under
stood how TO start TheT EssG rO<
live zs too many sail hozssh0l1srs
and eys1 farmers. with broad acres
all around the1- Go liVe thrpgxao1.
the SoQsh-1 life Of painful toll u
make a erOp. While rrTizg to S1s
Stsx oc q diet cs -e--a1 AMI E-ar.
with q few sAahor Vegetables 10 ter
ries. 10 nelocS4 10 fruit. 10 GelieioCs
lrtea truck osrtiEes Eo Gov to
supply the reessfzI noErishze1t 10 the
ehiltrsa- A better tine zz<r cone.
With AL the e1Orrs that are being
made 10 that end Tie yO1zz people
Who thoroughly understand the soil
in their gzrSens and are willing 70
work and 10 put in practice the things
they have learned a. the college can
ee int-pende1r ot every source o..
supply s1vs tie stapte grocer All
with this day will eoze the dAx1 CT
better tines il Mississippi The1 uz-
lovely homes viii hs the sxrspeion-
and tisSztiS1<s. Eez and diseo1senreSt
women will not Dc f0und- GEless /. De
where naEghS save brick and zor-
tar grow
A grazEats Of Prof McKaFss e@
parsnert must have learned to lore
IN touch with nature and loving IL
he wield< his best IN il. and vii try
70 have he hest the land z-or,tsA
Hsacs ne feel saf. IN promising rhe
girl Who nlarries ccs os these young
nen that fru1 her own viee and *
srSe- she may gather the seascnl )
f4irsst fruits and sn1oy the cream q
life NJ hoas. while her less fortunars
neighhors sez.e al01g ca q skim
nfIk diet
In the Hxhr % recent discoveries.
ne feel conssrzsnet % alter bit Ham
lets remark % Horatia. and use II II
addressing the e01ssiag Tksz1s class
thus There ara more thizgs II Ms
si<sippf's sell and streams than arr
drsazc Of IN your PHILOSOPHY Scarce
q week goes By without the fresh Dis
eovsry within the soil CAGE deemed
IT for cotton o1ly Of soze new quail
iry that must eventually prove Of her-
eft TO rs in our eEorts TO sex cut o.
the rvrS-- Only last week the nea
Who are emitting the eh1rn<l frcE
Pzseag0ula river to Horn Island ear
ned to Scranton samples of a z<raage
and beautiful clay through which the
dretge Is passing This elzy Is 0t
many coiors. the samples exhibited
being Of gree1ish gray When taksa
from the water it becomes exErsnsEy
hard (<eeEingiy Ike srocsl. bat Is
capable Of being cut into any shzpe
with \ penknife- The chips CIT fruu
these lunrs Of clay are ccs hrirr1s.
but are more like chips Of wood. the
clay i heavy. very hard. sEooSh azst
takes an exquisite polish Where the
channel passes through beds os this
remarkable clay the walls are per
feerly clear. smooth and 1rE. az1 10
not wash in the heaviest seas. San
pies have been sent to the Smith
sccsaa Institute and 20 vzrioaz pot
teriess and IL Is believed that heaH-5-
ful things and useful may be evolved
fruu this treasure. which has hesn
50 iealo1sIy kit6sa ali these years hy
-OAd Mss
Tie woodpeeksr e ordinarily e.
teeued a most c1umon fowl tor. as
sone Of McCozb Cityis Yong hunt
ers would spell it. foull- These sane
hunters would doubtless tell yo1.
should the subject come up. tk.t this
-scznsorial srecie Of the Picrszsaus.
indigenous TO the country around Nc
Ceub CIrvr came high--at leasr.
when found and shot On somebody's
posted land One Of these little red
headed pecaers~ Vas killed ! few
DAYS 1gp hy scrne yOuur men On a