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

Devotion to duty. eoolress under IN
usual and exciting conditions and
prompt action we're the qualities which
enabled three young people In
different places. to avert What
would undoubtedly have been
an awful wreck on the Y. NJ v.
Railway. a few nights aga Details
are no, necessary. beyond the state
ment that orders were received by the
night operator at Port Gibson Miss
Dahrowskil. TO stop a certain train
50 as TO avert collision with a heavily
laden freight at a point q few miles
beyond The cause for Miss Dabrows-
hs excitement. and the necessity OF
instant action was that the train had
passed her station forr rtanfes before
fhs ssessdge Eas received. Instantly
she rang up -Ingleside.- the girl at
the phone gave prompt response and
swift connection. and MIR. Morehead.
agent there, was told Of the impending
canger and urged To run the rapidly
approaching train into the siding there.
IL possible Mr.. Mooreheads home Is
one mile from the station. but he
started for II, on q run. Just as he
neared the point be heard the rumbl-
ing OF both trains The swift rushing
danger might have unneryed the cool.
est Of men, but fortunately for many
souls. this young man quickly drew a
package OF newspapers from his pocket
as he ran. lighted them and sprans on
the track In time to show his danger
signal to the on-eoming train. The
engineer slowed up. Moorehead threw
the switch and the train ran into the
siding just in time TO miss bad
scraping by the heavy freight train as
IL rushed by. These three officials
two girls and a man-did their duty
bravely. and thus add three more
names TO the long lis; Of employees who.
In their quiet way are as truly heroic
as though standing up for duty un-
der shot and she'll. and before an ad-
miring world We are glad they BE-
long TO Nississippi's grand army Of
grand young people.
The Jackson News wants to know
what the legislature next winter. will
do with the old eapitol--tear IL down.
or preserve IL for sentimental
reasons-' There should be no seuti-
ment about IT, IL could only be pre-
served by the expenditure Of consider
able money. The legislature will doubt.
less authorize the sale Of the building
and grounds. and they xfu bring a
handsome sum We would like TO ses
big cotton mill a fns court house.
an auditorium. mammoth wholesale
houses. or something practical rather
than Sentimental take the place Of the
old capitol That would be Tie b-s,
way to preserve It,
Jackson doesn't DO things By halves.
Nov that the people have determined to
have nrss class hotel Recommendations
they don't intend TO stop at ous. Plans
Rave been aerepset Bryan q Coea-
pany'sl for the splendid rev up-,o-aate
uptown hotel and work will begin in
thirty days. Besides this. there i TO
be a 1ne twostory hotel erected on
West Capitol street BY Mrs. McAr,ils-
Hsrceforth Jackson will have no eause
As % Old-tO h- ashamed OF the
Treatment her visitors receive AT her
hostslriss.
Mississippi Colleges IN general. and
Nilisaps in particular. rejoice At the
signal honor won by Mr.. W l. Duren
al the Southern Inter-CoIlegiats Ora
tcrieal eoutsSt ~ Mont Eagle last
week- Mr. Dursn. OF MiIIsaps. won the
medal in the contest in Meridian last
spring and has Just followed this up
BY winning the medal over all the
southern Colleges
Jackson Is expanding The extea-
sion OF the electric street car line to
Clinton and Coopsr's Well is among
the Possibilities OF the near future. We
heard one progressive farmer. who
would be much eO1venieueed thereby.
say be was ready 20 contribute one
thousand dollars toward a bonus. IL
would make old Clinton a new town.
and make the capitol city The Great
er Jackson~
The convention AZ Columbus last
week in the interest OF the improve
meat OF Tonbigbse river, brings to
mind an incident that occurred during
the presidency OF General Jackson.
His Secretary Of the Treasury wired
the collector OF the port OF Mobile
thus How far does the Tomhixbse
run up And he received this re
ply; The Tombigbee don't run up-it
runs doSn-~ And the collector rsesiv-
ed this: ~Y~-
espts-