Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-11-28

sGeh papers As the Tupelo Industrial
Review are bound to help the towns In
which they are published. and. 10 prop
sriy circulated. the entire section rep
resented by them The last Industrial
Review l. full Of good. sensible and
feasible plans for Tupelo's advance
ment and voulsLbe investors would do
veil TO read its columns carefully. Il
urges the establishment Of q laundry
and states that ouly 81. 600 Is needed
to put this paying venture into oper-
alton Among many good arguments
for the establishment Of water works.
IL says The cotton mill has a per-
feet system Of water works and a big
pump With which to sight nrs. The
Insurance Is only oneafsh o( one per
cent
"A word to the wise etc. In his ex
eeilent article on truck farming fand
vs ARE glad 10 End these articles occrl-
DytnE considerable svzse n asr>
tenths of our papers these daysb Brs.
Biakeslee says that Tupelo has cotton
factories. wagon factories. oil mills.
brick yards. etc. and that all these
swytoyes must he fed: hence a grow
ing demand FOR the products Of xarien
anf orchard Fine molasses that sells
right at home az 80 cents a gallon il
made from cane that pro.iuces 400 gal
Ions TO the acre xhen properly eultI-
vafe-L Irish and sweet potatoes can
b produced in abundance and profit
ably Peaches. Apples. p.ars--ln fact.
every variety Of fruit-can b sold N
and cut Of season This t. n self-@vi-
dent proposition. and the man Who
takes advantage Of ir-not in a half
hearted way. but with a determination
to ~fn--siIl fnd a pleasant and Iuera-
tive business The cotton mills NJ
Tupeio. by the way. recently sold zoe
eye yards Of cotton cloth 10 one arm
-.-sc- Galloway has entered upon
the task Of ses,sr.as yAe repeal Of those
sections Of the State tss1~titution
which prohibit any devise 0r bs.,rsst
10 religious. ecclesiastical or charita-
BILE institution These constitutional
sections were originated in the con
ventior OF Ise9- The fact that this
able man clear reasouer and forefbIe
writer has undertaken this labor Of
love for 50 il mus. be to HIM will
go far toward securing a change in
the law The bishop. in a recent con-
manication. urges that this eonsti-
turionai provision di<courages benevo
ienes and dries up the very fountain
Of benencenee. and Mississippi is al
most the only State in the Union eSy-
ing such law IN effect
That murder will out was proven
again ve~k before Izss. when q DYING
man who had lived near Jackson. Ia
sent for Rev ~ q. Shaw Of the Cen
trevtlle Mss Presbyterian Church
and confessed to him that be and three
oshers-Csl Powers Of cavalry fame
and men named WELDON and BalIeau-
had murdered Mr. Mitchell Of Rose
Hill Amfre county. Miss thirty-oue
years ago. They robbed the murdered
man Of a watch and 5000. but were
frightened away by some ones an
preach before completing their das-
sArdly work The guilty parties were
never suspected. but other men were
tried for the deed and all acquitted
The dying man (CampbeIIJ also con
fessed to having murdered WELDON.
while Cal Powers had tried TO kill him
tCampoelll- Powers eventually died
Ballsau was killed and the last OF the
narderous quarterre came to his end
4 fortnight since
Hartissburgs school authorities will
have TO bestir themselves no little TO
keep pace with the needs Of her young
people There are 500 children crowd
et into one school building over there.
Thar Is bsd-bad for the children and
bad for the teachers. and 80 bad for
the town By the time the city can
build another uptOdate. rOomy school
building sand that should be in time
for next falls Openingl there will be
children enough to Ill II. 20 rapidIv
are desirable families moving into the
town
\ recent decision Of the Supreme
Court cat its sitting November III will
cause quite a stir when its far-reachinx
tendency IS understood The court de-
eided that the city of Jackson had no
right TO award a bonus 10 an electric
railway company which had been for
feited by another concern which had
secured a franchise 10 build
traction lines on the streets of the
city.
The Eilisville News Of last week
the sale in that town of
certain saw mill interests in as non
chaiant a manner as il forty-thousand.
dollar sales happened every dav, FL
nsvflle is the center Of a rich section
and IL II grows as fast and as well as
IL mas started out TO do. il vii! soon
regard $4,000 As small change" sure
enough
We notice q general complaint
among our exchanges Of the scarcity
OF beef cattle throughout the State.
And pork is even seareer. Only a few
days aso leading dealer in the Can
iAi City stated to the writer that he
mad made strenuous efforts TO secure
a car load OF hogs Tor less. event AZ
81 Louis and had failed. and feared
tnat a similar result would attend the
enorts he was then making to buy
nogs IN Memphis. And yet there are
thousands Of our people who could. il
they would. raise enough for home
eonsr npeiou and for the market TOO.
But they just don't
Mississippi has r..s-e cotton gina
than any State in the Union exceur
osoryia and Texas Georgia heads the
Inst With 4.s55; Texas has 4.4sa. and
Mississippi has AIS. The quality Of
cur gins is 50 far superior to those o.
Georgia. however. rs to overbaIauee ths