Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-09-19
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.
By ]. l. POWER.
NOTES or PAST AND CURRENT EVENTS


The Gr~zsda s-nti-ei wisely k.s~s
ever before its readers the a1rzzrz<~
sna izSc-taEce @, diversifyizg their
products particularly is tAis urxess N
sruckfnr- TIE STATE q Tens frsr
its -truek farzs--zsirzs. veresaAsss
aad rruits-sAipp~-i TO ScrtA-r- az4
Eastern markets rne pax- s~nsra snsr.
zscas qszntitie-l wkirh h-ugxAs a net
Rroet tst7ee April Is. 1891 ot mere
than half a EiiiiSn dollars Ntsssss-
ippi has already eo1e zzeh alcng
this line a-d because o, is. shsr~ are
thousands of families comfortably -si
o. vho. but fsr this spportzziry.
wozlt have hesa shut ezs fruz, th<
pleasant tAingx ef life that zzozey az3
opportunity give Tke S~1tfnel <&ys
;hat a oE~s14ed seveIopzsas os IL
tustry Is sure 10 result n a o1@ sss--s
scpriKtiS1-ard that IL 10 n haA 2cliey
% pat all oue's ex<s In the sazs
basket
Mississippi In toznoa with ser
sister States has sp~n, the ~e~k tzss
pRssed in <rfevin< because % u.
Death OF our ho1or~a prezitenr. In
alnc<t every city in the state. Eazss
r.e~stnss wers hid TO express the
peoples respect for William Nekin-
icy. their synpata~ fgr his lowed ozss
and their horror az the crime that has
shocked the World From cur chief
executive and other high orctais.
coafe'4e-a:s Veterans. Daughters %
the Coafssseraey. taSiness. municipal
religious and xoci1l org7nira;iors.
~ith hundreds Os private tadividaais-
r.sssaeeS Of sympathy and eOatoiezcs
hurried by wire an1 By rnzEi
20 ati their wsisht to the
sweet burden o. loving sympathy
Ukieh the nafion has laid upoa the
irCahled. but brave and loyal heart
Of his ~tfe
The Holly Springs rapsrs say that
Jueg- Lo~rey Instructed the g-7ri
iary there TO 1na true bills against all
druggists Who sell Psruna- A prUnE-
near MIssiSSippt physician when asked
a. 10 the inxredients OF Peruna- ~
piled that II was nothing more nor less
than bai quality % whisky Another
so Szy The papers in North NEsssss-
ippi-eitsi several irsczncss-fa vhi<h
heelsx graduates bad become drunk
ards again from taking Peruza as a
medicine This e-iaE the case. Ja6er
LoErey svidenJiy Understood his bz.ss-
neSs when he charged that izrr- In
HOusto. it Is a<ain<. TIE lav 70 sell
more than two bottles cs lemon ex-
tract to o1e person. rs that and GER
tain pa;eEt medicines. have caused
numerous -spressT among the boyA
ThsSe lawmakers are in earnest
The State institutions as Jaeksc--
the Deaf AID Dumb and TIE Bli,d In
sritutss-EilI op@z Oct :. by which
date al FuTiIs shoslt he present Al
Information concerning these seisntsd
siEeztioaaI Institutions. the terms os
staissiOn- regulations etc. will -
furnished upon zppIicAtioz-for the
bind 20 Dr. Sins. care OF Blind Irsri-
tute. and for the deaf mussS to Prof
Dohyns. care Deas and Dumb Ins-i-
tuts- II cur readers know Of u1for-
tunate hind or deaf children whose
p1rerts ray not b familiar With the
State sehOOis for them. they xozlt do
real kiu1ness 20 the child z1d to
the. SKATE. By writing TO the supertz-
rsndens- giving rzne ant address Of
the child and It's parents. or guar
dian
At recent nee-in< OF the Psziten-
siarx Board OF coEIrOl the boarding
department. for eolvi-tS ard ezplOyeS
that has hesE maintained in jackson
AZ the OH prison. was abolished and
al the eOn-icts we're taken to OaSIey.
Nothing viii he left in I1eEsor but
the oszee. while tn records ara kept.
in charge 0t CLERK and an assistant
and the capital city will still - had
quarters for the travelling ssrSeants
One Of th= important matters before
the hoard at this meeting was the
- - - A-AN C4AAe EEEA
fi.iee Asz1l &c cattle b TIE pzryAzs-
ing and introduction Of = fne herd OF
Herefords- Purchases Of this sort
prove goo-g investments for irdiTidu-
ais as sell as States
Speaking Of diversified eropx re-
minds rs of the great time some farm
trs will have this thanksgiving These
ShO PAINTED Only cotton nay have a
big tize. bag for these Shc planted
Irish potatoes and such crops there
5 10 uncertainty about IL Their
thanksgiving will be feast. indeed.
eecause- with the profit from their
Irish potato crop they can buy all the
Injuries gdear 10 the heart Of Epicu-
TVS himS<lfl and then have a pretty
respectable nest egg with which 10 be-
gin the winter
Reesntly we published an iteE from
the Examiner. relative to a father anS.
son still living IL old Monroe. Who
rad fought side by side during the
war and Who now go together to the
happy meetings OF the veterans on
the old camp ground The Yaroo
Sentinel adds 10 the Examiners the
names Of Col L Lake, Of Oxford. who
fS Sd and As spry as a cricket. and
bis son. Mr. c. A. lake. both Of whom
are veterans. ard 10th we'll knswn in
Mississippi
Mrs j. NeC- kinbrough Of Green
wood. one Of the most devoted OF the
vast army Of loyal Daughters Of the
Confsderaey that grace cur Southern
lsnd. has inzaguraEsd = movement for
the presentation Of loving cup 10
the veterans by their -Danghterx-- In
concluding her plea she hegs the wo-
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