Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-09-19

Slrt& and ecys OF TIE size aW1y tFN1
home. OF to quote the P-aSalar tx- /
psssion. CT 70 school every year.
xhe, there are 50 many ~xcsiis-t
schools within our orn borders The
Meridian Star. always . v.lizat /
sxhtsr for the GOD Of the STATE. urges .
the injustice OF sestFbs nzzsrOus
special czrs.- laaea With or soy. an4 (
girls to the schools OF otsss Ssases-
Il says-aad vith truth-tkAt the
niliioos Of dollars s<ut fron this State
snnBally TO increase the Seaith Of
Northern and Eastern colleges. would.
II kept At hone. soon enable the
nanzssmeat sf cur Mississippi Schools
10 build and beausffv their schools.
as these BEAUTIFULLY ADVERTISED col
leSes. seminaries. etc. are beauti1ec-
The Star loyalty aad truthfully asserts .
that our schools are quite ss good a. 4
the average school out Of the State. 4
ratrouiret by our people. the ocly dtf- /
ference lying in the extra amount Of
display which our million dollars an
rually~ enables them to make We
cordially agree With the Star in all
that I, says. hut ne &c one step further .
In sending our children 20 northern
ard Eastern schools there nay BE the
advantage Of change OF climate tand I
IL Is a great advantage to most young
kirls. eSps~taIlyl- 50 had AZ the prae- .
tice Is. in this instance ne can see
some slight excuse But when IL comes
-zs in threefoartks Of the eases Il
toes-,O sending our ehil1ren from the .
sweet sarr01ntingS-th- safe. sure
nome life. TO any one Of the
numerous schools (zzny OF the
mushroom VARIETY that abound
IN adl0inins States. ne can
rot see one single advantage TO bs
szineyi-nos even in change 0f climate .
Mississippi has the 1nest Girls Intus-
trial College in the worit- Her A. q
n College for boys stands al the head
Of that procession Our university
lacks but oze thing 20 put !, alOusside
the best In the l1zs4-tAe loyal support
u the people OF Mississippi The
zriter has intimate krOu2.tzs cf many
cf the schools arOund as. as ~elI a. Of
almost every one IN Mississippi And
vhiie our schools have 10 such four
n Of trEmPsSs al oOmaeneeEel; tin-s.
snd spend sosnSgEiEg less than foE-
.sEes on ihsir year bocks.- e4tal0s1ez.
stc- !; : undoubtedly = fact that ~e
are payinx more and getting less. By
the common practice. than IL ne kept /
our chiidrsz in Mississippi Where. in 4
any Of the church schools about Us. can i
re End 4 superior 70 MillSaps College. /
And yet some OF cur Methodist toys
lass through their Capital City. SEEK i
Ing an esi1eatiOa elsewhere- Where
Dr. Lowrey al Clintoat And pet II j.
rot an uEeommOa thing for Baptist
bOys to do their studying in ether
States The College n Washington in
addition TO Other high claims upoa
cur people. has made and helped make
history along through the many years
Of its useful life No frer buildings
and no more attractive grounds can
be found in this part OF the country
than those Of that splendid school At
Port Gibson. Chamberlain Hunt Aead-
eny-and there are Presbyterian boys
in Mississippi already planning for
their college dzys- Who do not know
that such a school exists But for the
fact that il would Ell pages instead Of
columns. xe would tell the story Of
sssSisSippi's sca9ol for girls-BIze
Mountain. Belhzven- Whitxorfh. the
schools al Clinton. Meridian French
C2nr. P0utOtOe-tre big cOlIegs for
Women. at West Point and several
sons much better than is done BY the
average school in other States And
yet our Mississippi girls 20 each year
In car load lots TO Tennessee.
Georgia. Alabama. Arkansas. Louis
lana and. OF course. 10 the yIrxsnixs.
10, to mention the CArolinas. and the
score CO Eastern claimants Il L
wrong When we -zn get two articles
equally xood-Oae home product and
the other foreign. we shO1Id always.
A0A ANA-04. ~ A-A-Al4 1A4sA AAsI Wv Tvs
TO mention. take the home product.
and stand BY L. The Hartieshurg
Pro ,ress urges thas the schOls are 20
blame because they do rot advertise
There may BE good deal in this. but
&c believe tksy ~tH z4-s-ssSe-=s=z
they get the -niIis..n dollars annually
that enables foreign schools TO atver-
tise 80 literally in Mississippi The
Star calls upoa the press. the pulpit
and the people to arge 4 change along
this line. and ve say. Amen.
Ii IS 4 good thing for Mississippi
when her towns Install water works.
electric lights. electric cars and oeher
marks Of progress But IL Is a much /
better thing for her. or any other
State. when from among our own
boys these towns can End men com
petent TO manage these improvements
While ne have Ezughr TO say against
notably Jaekson's-are as perfect
gentlemen and as able business men
as are TO be found anywhersl WHO
have been brought to Mississippi from
a distance. we can not restrain a thrill A
OF pride when ve note the success
that one OF our Ovn boys-born and 1
educated In Mississippi-is making Of 1
vicksburg's street railway system
James z George is not out of his
twenties yet. but it would be hard 10
ind a better man for the place he nIIss
He is an A & NJ graduate And now
hatcher is to have a street railway.
and another Of our boys has il in
charge This time a GreeryiIle boy.
Harry Johnston-and we hope he. too.
will make his undertaking \ great
success When our A 4 NJ College