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


numbsr- Mississippi had &.0s5 ex-Un-
ion soldiers on the rolls. receiving an
aggregate Of ss5s.es4-Aheraeen Ex-
aminsr
russsy-ElxAsh Nlssss.Gvy4 Cavalry
Col Power rrotire under -Nississ-
ippi Matters nothing Is said about
the Twentyeirhth Mississippi Cavalry
regiment IL vaS raised. aS well as I
can remember. in North and West
Mississippi Our colonel was named
Peter b Starke- The lieutenant-eoI-
onel- Alexander w Stzrke. vas q
nephew OF the colonel Joshua T. Nc
Bee vas our major The old Twenty-
eighth. Second Mississippi and Ballen-
tines regiment. made up General
Frank Armstrong; brigade. General
W H. Jaekson's division General s D
Lees corps. belonged to Co. I. Twen-
ty-eigkth regiment Was IN the ssise
Of yieksburx Our frst captain was
named Johnson He resigned. and
our frs, lieutenant. s S. Champion.
Champion lives AZ. or near. what Is
now called Champion Hill. where the
Twentyeizhth mixed up with the
Yanks
Col W. G. Yerger. Of GreenviIle. has'
a brother killed al Mount Carmel.
about Eve miles from Franklin. Teaa
His name was Bowen Yerger. saS
him fall from his horse. a dead man:
also a younx man by the name Of Rot
fngton-two as good soldiers as ever
shouldered a musket- After Hoods re-
trea, the brigade vas reorxznired and
Col Starke was promoted to brigafier-
general I was left back al Franklin:
was wounded at the opening Of the fight
ON the Lewisburg and Franklin
pike. captured and seat to Camp
Chase. where I remained In prison till
the close Of the war Col Starke died
in Virginia about six years ago. There
are two Of NY old company living in
Iaekson-John H. Dunning and R. H
Bell. the old county surveyor
j. P MAY.
Elxood. Clarke County. Miss.
Mississippians are leading in the
subscriptions to the fund for \ testi-
monial TO Admiral Schley. Send ten
cents to the Commercial Appeal and
thus be one Of the one million that
will make up the one hundred thou
sand dollars it is proposed to hand him
as an expression of admiration for
him personally. and as q rebuke to
the naval clique that have 50 persist
entity and mendaciously tried to rob
him Of the honors due him as the
hero Of Santiago
Mrs J. A. Lundy Of Black Hawk,
Carroll ecunty's oldest citizenl, died
last week Of rheumatism having al
most reached the century mark His
age was great. his afliction severe. but
steadfast- and his courage was beauti-
full TO See
1t doesn't pay to sell Blind Tiger
whisky in Purvis- Judge Neville caught
about a dozen Of them recently and
he fined each one $4,000 and sixty
days imprisonment This. IL seems,
would warn the beasts to keep their
eyes open around the fearless Judge.
The death angel visited the home OF
Maurice Garland. Jaekson's Oldest mail
carrier. last Monday. and In the after.
noon took hence q beloved child of
their adoption. and just at twilight the
siprit Of his devoted wife followed the
little one The child had fever, and
Mrs Garland. whose health has long
been frail. died from the shock Of
the little ones death Mr.. Garland
and his eight motherless children have
the sympathy OF ali who know them.
New lodges Of Odd Fellows have
been orsani1ed At winona. Galfport
and Whitestown-