Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-08-29


of most diSgracsfuI nght. following
elcse upon concert given there By
>e~ Orleans young men a few nights
since. the Beacon takes OCCASION to
speak Its mind concerning the matter,
and especially concerning the open
carelessusss Of the police in failing to
make the proper arrests. No mans
position. coalition. race or color should
exsmpt him from punishment when
he violates the Law. The man Who
po>>s a6Aentieman. dresses well and
Is admitted into good society. should
no more Le shielded when he violates
the laws Of the town than the loves.
or blaskest thug His punishment
should Be the same. The oaths. curses
and disappearing OF the well-sfressesi
man Is no mOre refined than those Of
the unfortunate poorly dressed or poor
ly fed. and the intent og the Iax Is to
a1ect all alike
IL Is fact frequently remarked BY
iho~e whO rad the public prsss. that
accidents and deaths from lightning
have ben more frequent this summer
than ever before within the memory
ot this generztion- Our own beautiful
Gulf Coast seems to have been a sp--
cial target for the cruel bolt. and with
In the month two tragic accidents have
been recorded there. Mention was
made in these columns of the two gen.
tlemen who were killed. while on ths
beach. and nov comes the sad expert
ence Of twO bright girls at Pass Chris
tian last week The young ladies'.
Miss Leila Duffe OF Louisiana and
Miss Haiice LeROux sought refuge in
the bath house from a sharp. short
thunder storm. and almost Immediate
ly the house was struck By lightning.
and Miss Duf'ie Was killed and Mss
LeRoux severely stunned and injured.
The sad accident east a gloom over the
people OF the Pass
Along with pretty much everything
else on the Gulf Coast. The Echo sBav
81 Louisl came p-rilousIy near being
washed into the cradle Of the ae~p-
during the terrible storm OF August
18th For some time 1t ~as feared tha,
,he building would be washed away.
ani all the contents we're removes br
volunteer helpers The building rode
the Storm however. and the materials
we're returned by the sane Kind. helm
fal hands. in tine for the printers
to get the Echo cut % a most fearful
and wonderful pit Everybody s~~us
TO have been - busy helping every
body else during the prevalence e< the
storm that there xzs 10 tine for
mourning
The court houses that viii h4r.asr.-
Be built in MissiSsippi Will have some
regard for to- comfort og those uho
are 10 oecupy them The want OF ae.
eomnosiation for jurors ant witnesses.
IN the average eoarr ho=se in the
South. : simply oatrzgsous- The new
court ho1se at HazieAarsr wiu have
first 1oor-rOous for nearly all tn.
county oezeers. with toilet Secous
foor-GrsEd jury room. circuit clerk
eour, room, witness room consultation
roou1- toilet ladies witness room with
toilet. eolored witness room. judges
room and library. Third foor-Two
jury sleeping rooms. one ladies. and
one sentlemen's toilet.
EaaeabI~ Population Of Nt.-tsspas
The United States census of 1900
announces the educabIe population of
MiSsissiyi:
s.AAe> --------- -Slf fSs
reinaies -..---------.-----.- -SlS.539
whites ---------.-------. zlS. 80 |
S~use ooFn ------.-.-..---.-- So. ass |
Foreign born .... 5sl
Long before this issue -eacses our
readers the story OF the terrible storm
cf August 18th that swept o~e- the
Gulf Coast will be familiar To our read
ers- Il was the most severe storm
since iss1. 50 far as destruction To
such bezsh property Is piers. hath
houses. Pleasure craft etc. vent. For
tunarely the loss % life was snail. ana
As the season is late. the destruction
of property NiEl rot entail 50 hezvx n
financial loss as would have been tie
case earlier So bad as it vas. Ne SIN |
have eanse for THANKSGIVING
Alabama patterned her Iu,.rSs-;,l
School for whste Girls after the /. /.
4 C. st Columbus. AMI she has gDue
further The new constitution u.aksx
Il a constitutional school a. il scss
also the schools for deaf and dunn
and blind
New Alc=5- has . broom factory
and the broor,s turned out are szI5
TO Be as good as ary on the nark..
he PFoprietOrs had planted ten acres
OF broom corn We have seen broom
corn quoted in the West n sixtv dol.
lars per ton
columbus. Miss occupies the site of |
an old Indian village called Shukhata
Iomaha. -Upossum Town.
Ine total land surface OF Mississippi /
Is approximately. $3.50 square miles
the total area is.sI0 square miles.
or -s.sSs.ioe acres In 1890 the popu-
lation gave rs to the square mile in
ls"o. ss-s 10 the square mile. 50 thar |
there Is ample standing room for
many millions more In 1860 there /
were izSf0 farms of $40 acres aver
age In 1880 there were 1i4.Sls farms.
- 4sfes average The census of 1900 /
will show fully 900. GOO farms
Inc progressive town OF GIoster IS
talking xater-works and electric light.
but Editor Garfield is dubious about /
the cost of such Injuries II he will
Try them awhile he will wonder how
Sios'er got along without them.
The State board of education. on
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