Oxford eagle., 1901-10-10

are many in the place OF his nativity
Who mourn as for one very dear to
them
The Dixie Press. an indefatixahie
worker for the good OF Clay county.
wonders IL IL is economy and enter
prise for the people OF that remark
ably productive county to spend money
on railroad fare and hotel bills goinx
back and forth to the fall fairs in other
counties. it would be easy-and INN
iseiy better for the eounty-if West
Pciss lad sts owu fair this fall -
that tas money Of the people could Be-
hepe et home Then the races eoaId
Be run by their own horses and the
premiums Be captured By their own
folks As ve have otter said before
mississippi will be far along on the
road to prosperity when every county
N the State has its own annual fair
or stock and agricultural exhibits. IL
70 good for people having common in
teresss to get together at least once
a year and compare notes and prod
uets as we'll And the fair Is the
place for this.
Hattiesburg is doing some good
work. along practice lines. in her et
fort to build n cotton factory. A
meeting was held September 10 for
the purpose Of starting the ball
This was done. after an in,eres,tux z
faik BY Capt Hardy. and 5000 was
contributed on the spot. A commit
tee was appointed next day to canvass
the town and solicit subscriptions. and
II we may Judge By our former knoxl
edge Of the enterprisirg. straight
forward people OF Hsttieshurx. they
will have that money when il Is need
ed 50 quick that some Of our slower
going. more conservative towns will
wonder IL the committee had Aladdtu's
lamp concealed in their pockets while
they made their round.
Dr. W T. Loxery raised more than
$500 AZ recent service in the Ban
tiss church In Columbus for the Mis-
sissippi College endowment fund. The
work Of Increasing the endowment
vas assigned Dr. Lovery. president Of
the college. by the last convention.
He Is making fne hsadxay. The fund
vas Sfe.o9s. and it Is desired TO in
crease 1t to siee.eee at once OF this
the American Baptist Eaueetfcn 50
efety orers 10 eoatrihste sl.ssa prS
visioczliy. DR.. Lowery has already
secured about siseaa. and il ought to
be made easy by the great aruay OF
loyal Baptists in Mississippi for this
devoted pastor and educator - the
worthy sen Of a noele sIre-so raise
the s5e.oos still needed to put this sr~
old institution on a safe basis
The United Daughters OF the Con
federaey. at their meeting in Novsn+
Der. viii distribute in pamphlet form
a list Of the contributors to the Jef
ferson Davis Monument Association
All. therefore. who have funds on hand
or Who intend making contributions
TO the monument fund should cor,mu-
nicate At once with MissisSippi1s mem
Der OF the executive committee Ieder.
son Davis Monument Association. Miss
Mary Harrison. AZ Columbus. Miss.
We have often heard il stated bv
one who knew that there were nuner.
Gus small amounts on deposit in va
rious places Of safekeeping throughout
the State which were originally col
lected for the monument which we
hoped to erect to Mr.. Davis in Mis-
sissippt- These amounts. or some of
them have been forgotten and in some
instances the depositors are dead So
IL rests with the parties or the insti
tutions having these funds in charge
to speak out and give the devoted
Daughters a chance 10 gather them
In IL possible
That nrst grade journalist and
splendid young Mississippizn. H. =
Blakeslee. has established the Indus
trial Review at Tupeio. IL is beautf-
fully printed. well managed. and allied
each week with excellent matter of
deep interest to its growing circle of
readers That erstwhiie little town
OF Tupeio will bear watching BY its
more pretentious neighbors or-it will
soon do1 its swafdling clothes and
come forth full grown With the ex-
ceIlent natural advantages possessed
by Tupelo. ii only needs a few such
young men as Blakeslee OF the Review
and Hines Of the Cotton Mills TO put
new life and yigor into IL and bring
il right to the front as a u,anufartrr-
ing point and agricultural center.
Every town in the State needs such
men to develop its resources and then
see to it that the world hears all
about It.
II is 4 splendid evidence OF our
progress that we can now fnd. in
many of our own stores. cotton goo.is
tdomesties. ete-b made in cur oxn
mills. Of our own cotton by the Labor
Of our own people Surely we will
fnd greater pleasure in wearing
homemade clothes than we have
ever gained from the finest producr
Of Mississippi cotton. when woven on
Eastern looms
Travellers along the line of the NJ
4 o. Railroad will miss the hotel thar
formerly stood At Artesia- II was de-
stroyed by FIRE last week. As was also
the depot building. The old Artesia
dining room WIS famous wherever
Southern travelling men went. for few
hotel men in all the land served such
delicious meals as did the Chidseysl
1t is highly probable that Chick
asaw county's two most important
towns will soon be connected by rail
road. Long years ago the SURVEY
was made and the esrthwork all pre-
pared between Houston and Okolona.
and a. uYHeh af This xorE S<fr hnlf=