Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-09-05
Bill Arp Declares 10 Is Very Wreag
for Even Third Cs.si.s 60
teraarry-sives >ese START
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keeps her strength But owe for her
o@sP-in-- material love. snstaizs her
l. ) he gift % Cod There was a mar
rage IL cur town The o-her 5ay.a-E IS
lie eros = gathered a. she ehu-rh o16
-ei<h5or. Mr. Fcltoz- stopp-d il the
verzn1a 20 res zn5 80 The bate from
at3r- >he Was. as usss- merry and sac
by turrs-soIefiz-s ~ tears Eere
<.isteuia- In her eyss and soon -
+ laughed uer-ily a-5 sAowe5 h.- parry
teeth When TIE briisi garage ar
rived she gave a maternal sigh znS
whispered Poor ;hinss- hey little
know What ! shss5 ofrh--- Sz55.--
E = she hranchet 90 into a story : h.ou-
T her little Pet mule colt that = now her
daily comfort 1t watches n a. the
T window she said. an HhrzI - cat
II runs 20 ne and lzys it, had or NJ
ann and almost nes-i-s u NJ bosom
Nary's lamb was not more loving. Il
/ bites and kicks A. every hsssv 80. b--
6ans 20 ne and f4~nS uPoa ne -i-h
. perfect aearation-- So l4R-hes again
but al a. once The eoru@rS OF h-r
mouth d-ooP~6 TO a a-x-- - - C.
C-ees and her voSc- rre-h--z as 80
sad But major. have a. Izst cone
Gown 20 hard pan ard misery IN Nv cd
a-e- No cook 10 hep % arr sort. a-s
rao1<e YESTERDAY wzs nv sixry-foc-rh
bi--h6ay haE 20 pull III buSxv 5oz-
% he branch az5 zzsh II. o. nv
country Sc erred Es;le azs -heu
laughed = great 6ezi more Psa-.y
tears ard parry teeth are attractive
tesrures IL woman Nevertheless. -
tween p-rtirg mule colts au6 washiu~
b1Sgies sAs still 6zls time 70 plead for
Tie education 81 Ike poor country girls
o. zorth Georgia
But -ha- kiz6 % girl should
you1E za1 Marty OF eourSe. she
mast b born Of respectable parents.
sic should - L.rtuoas- she should have
= good loving disposition and fair
e1lcatiou- She should - h~a.rhv ans
have 10 faint % her lovers ancestral
bod II her vei1s- Al ot these s,al7S-
cations have ben discussed a16 treat
e over AID over z-1iu- exoept the las--
an inspired % ssy something about
that because is importance has Ioa-
been overiooke6-zeithe- poets nor
philosophers 1o- scientists have xri--
tea uPoz II nor riv-a arr warning \
letter recently received from a Feur<
nan Il Mississippi asks Il there : any
thing wrong i a nan -zrryS-< kfs
cousin Yes. very. ve-y xro-<- TIE
answer : found Il The records % Ike
asxluzs for the deaf and su-5 a-s
bind Their chief patronage CONES
ron TIE Int-rnz-rizSe Of COUSINS
These Institutions cost our state So
co year md half Of TIE exp-n<~S
could - avoided Il The iz7ernz--Sz-e
Of cousins Vas prohibited have not
the reports Of he bliad aSyiznS before
ne but / know % three b-Iz5 eASlSr-z
OF one family Sao we're sent there a-t
they we're the offspring Of parents -fo
were cousins / know y Sx- eh7lE--
% one family who we're s-ur 70 sz-
5eat and dumb i-<titutioz n ave
Spring Their parents we're Ea.b--
cousins Thy hz3 bur one ehTEs who
could hear ar sp<zk 80 zzSzxoos-
looking country EirL So -ar-i-d =
elever Young nan zho hzule5 ps5osz fo-
ne Sea after his marriage D moved
TO Texas ard bird 10 ez-t.r-4z- ans
vzS - faithfa, II kfS Se-xsee kat u
few yea-s he bogxA= IN f=~-es- 4 /.
ranch az5 p-oSP~r~s- ] zaet kfz a.
Waco Is years after h - G-e--sa
aa5 h vas sid - . wo-th <laa- see.
ard hi TWO -z6@r Ezu-hters zsr- a.
barring school A. Waco l. -s7les s-cz
his home He has ~ ehilE-~u- a.
aias, on- 90 hen w1s nate IT,
taint had crepp-Z car II rh- s-eo-s
=enerzsiou-
Prof Conner. the faithful xrz iozr-
tried principal Of our 6-4fzn5 szzb II
stituriou- has t1bulats5 she pa-.zszse
% his pupils for MANY years ans ~
ports that IN = families prod zefnx -
Dute< The parents We-r Srsr cousins.
In = families producing y mz--< IL
parents we're second cousins II II
families producing l. mates h
parents were third cousins A,to<esh-
e. there were - mute children Of par
ents closely related
OF soo deaf mute< ls5 had deaf par
ezfs. and many OF these deaf pz-e-ts
are 10 Soub- the offspring Of the lzte--
marriage of cousins
Among these 100 pupils - marriages
have occurred and there have been born
20 them 10 children - Of whom car
hear and u are mules II - OF The
marriages th~r~ were no children
born Now, after one. TWO or three
n1tss have been born in succession "a
parents. II would seem a sin. Il rot 4
crime. for them 10 have more The law
should prohibit II But II this ezano;
b done after marriage Tie remedy to-
the future i 10 prohibit the in-ernar-
rage % cousins To D. born deaf OF
blind i a sin against The child. and 10
have il supported By The states drain
upon the treasury that might b
avoided
Bur being deaf or blind j. not al the
evil that follows these inces1uous mar
riagrs- II the children are not deaf OF
blind they are generally under some
physical disability They arr cor
sumptives or epileptics or i-.sotic- and
pass through life and leave 10 sign.
Fortunately most Of such marriages
result in no progeny
ga we'll some say. -1he Levitiezl
law did not prohibit il No. IL did not.
and l reckon that Cain married his
sister We know that Abraham mar
rle1 his half sister. and 10 doubt thz,
Is Why no children were born 10 them
except one By grace in their old age
Bus Il : said that the Roman avs
and the laws Of England permit such
marriage Yes the Roman lsw DID
until Pope Alexander II stopped Il
and prohibited first second and third
cousins from irterusrryinx. Thea
Of England permitted such marriages
because the kings and the nobility
wanted 70 keep the crown and the titles
and their estates in their families
And 50 our American people who have