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

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In that sAsssa~ sszapp.ar-
Nessville will scon be "A deserted
village Il IS Ooe os the oldest and
has been ore OF the best towns in the
state Simpsoa county was establish
ed in 1884. and westviIls Became the
eo-1ty seat II Is conspicuous on the
map OF 1850 IL was named after Col.
Cato West The county has furnished
the commonwealth many Of its best
and brightest citIrens. lawyers. lexisla-
tors and Representatives In esuxr~ss
In the courts al westviIle several Who
have since won fame. anu some for
tune made their maiden speeches b.
fore the judge and jury. and these
veterans OF the bar found big cases
and large fees The briIlians Franklin
z Piumner was the first LAWYER that
settled in We<tville- We we're shown
the hotel snoW a residencei. in which
Wiley P. Harris and Edmund ]. Goosie.
who died in New YORK last week. had
personal collision that resulted in
Judge Harris losing one Of his eyes.
The haadsoneSt residence in West
vile Is that OF Hon- A. q Nav. late
State Treasurer and present Railroad
Commissioner He will probably re-
move il to Jackson or to the nev
county seat. Edna
While At WeStviIle. we were
Hospitality provided for at the home
OF yoar old friend. Dr. d. s.eCaliun.
or as he is Known at our home Cousin
Doddridse- He Is one Of the hest in
formed citizens -vf the State. and IS
at home in the discussion Of almost
any queStiOn-uedicine. Law or poll
tics.
He believes in books and daily
papers. has dne orchard and garden.
and a. much practice as a healthy
country Affords Our brief stay under
his ho<pitabie roof will be 4 pleasant
memory.
On July LIST the supervisors moved
all the records TO Edna Sgatioa- Afrer
they resolved 70 move they got a move
On them and within few hours the
contents Of the court house we're trans
ferred to a building that was being
erected for a hotel at the nex site
the name of which has been changed
from Edna to Nendsnhau- This build
ing. a restaurant and two livery stables
are about the only structures there.
Editor Geiger has purchased 4 lot. and
the News will. in due time. be sound
ing the praises Of the City Of Nender-
hall
The magnificent pine forests that
were the glory Of Simpson. were
bought up by syrdicate< at from $3.50
TO $3.50 per acre They are not now
on the market: but there are saw mills
every few miles. getting out lumber for
the new towns along the c. 4 s l.. and
for foreign markets.
1t used to be a big days journey
from Jackson to westville. We reach
ed there in three and half hours via
DTlo station and q drive Of nine miles.
The cotton and corn crops are in nne
shape 50 far As ne had opportunity Of
Observing
The l. & " people. always anxicus
10 give pleasure along their splendid
road. are now putting in golf links AZ
Henderson's Point. rear Pass Chris
tian-eighteen holes. over \ four
mile course This will add a big draw
ing card TO the Pass attractions a. a
winter resort for NortheruersA Golf
Is the accepted game among the soci-
ETY. people everywhere. and the climate
OF lower Mississippi. in winter. wfll
make the game a continual delight to
the visitors IL the LINKS are really
good land they are. We believed. they
will draw scores of people who have
here.afoEe played away the winter
months on the Ficri6 links.
Two lisfle darkeys Of famous names
were arrested in Jackson last Eeek for
robbing E. { 5. virdenis store. and
the police record is the richer now
By having. entered thereon. George
Washington" and -Anse MeLaurin.-
To the credit of the parents of the
youngsters with the famous names.
they promptly refunded the amount
stolen. when they learned Of it.
The loyal friends in Mississippi Of
Gen John B. Gordon. Of the Confeder-
acy, will be interested to learn that his
daughter. Caroline Lewis. has eapitu-
lated to a down east Yankee and
will be married at an early date, to
Orrin Bishop Brown, . prominent busi-
ness man OF Maine
Mr. c. R. Pitts. a prominent lawyer
of waynesboro. died last Tuesday
from injuries sustained in a fall be
tween two coal cars His legs were
terribly crushed. and death resulted In
. few hours
Secretary Stevens Is busily engaged
in working up his report Of penitend-
ary affairs. and from il we learn that
there are now LOIS convicts in the
States prison. s. being white men
There Is one white woman also; two
are Indians. and the rest negroes.
The woodvilIe Republican mentions
Governor J. H. Jones as
among those who should be considered
for the ONCE Of governor. The Repub3
lican says: No man in the State would
do greater honor to the once or serve
the people more faithfully