Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-02-14
d. MISS. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY IA. 1901.

matters they manifest little OF no eou-
eern, and 30 lons as white folks pay the
taxes. and they enjoy their schools and
churches. and get plenty ot work. they
are more than willing TO le. the white
folks do the voting and hold the Offices
But there is not . qualified eolsrrd
voter in the state whose vote will not
be accepted ~ freely and counted ~
fairly a. that Of any white citizen
This may not have been said with such
cmphases when we were groauiux un-
der alien rule. from 1855 TO 1875. bot /,
il the rule today.
Socially. the Mississippi negro feels
very comfortable. lie has his own
schools, his own churches. his own
hotels aud boarding houses his own
travelling apartments. with none 10
modest OF make hirn afraid Hedo~xnt
want TO mix. and custom and the law
sustain him
To quote from . letter that I re-
Gently wrote 10 Hoo Patrick Henry.
~ "a There is no. . state in the
ruicu more liberal more just or mere
kind TO the negro than Mississippi. and
IL will 80 cuntinuc. aud there i not
race or class Of people vnder the sss
more eoutented. more happy OF more
prosperous than the negro popul2tioa
Of this STATE }. l. Poxxn
The railroad curnmissioa Is consider
ing the recent deal By which the SOUTH
ern railway gobbled the NJ 4 O. and
has asked the encouragement for hix
opinioc- The statute reads 1t shall
be unlawful for any railroad company
10 consolidate with . parallel or con-
Peting railroad company. or u allow
its Affairs 10 be in any manner managed.
regulated or controlled BY the sane
person or persons who manage. regu-
late or eontrol such competing or par
allel railruzd company. under a penalty
OF forfeiture Of its charter and fran
ehises. and = penalty ot sIo.ooo.- As
we read the dispatches. it was not .
''eousoliiation.~ but bouA fde sale
. square-out purchase Of the VI. & O
Al a conference Of representatives, ot
the State Teachers Association, Messrs.
g. p. Boyd, z W. Bass. ". RO~a J.
Pant and Z l. Bzily. on the I'd instant.
It was decided TO hold the next meeting
OF the association in Jackson, in the
hall OF representatives. May -. An
elaborate program will be announced
Several hundred teachers will be pres
ent- Gu the suggestion of the gentle
men named. the hall i TO De decorated
with magnolizs. in honor Of the .el-e-
tion OF that flower n State flower bv
the school children Ot the State.
There were 5000 persons assessed for
poll TAX IN laxoo county. Less than
loo paid The delinqa-nts are mostly
nrgroe~ Had they paid. the county
would have sIs.Oo0 more school fund;
ha, the ehildr-n Of the eolor-,i brother
viii have the full school term. all the
sAne- And yet Indiana Crumpaeker
and his gang sAy we are dlseriminatinx
against the eotoref nau; when the f.r-
II the eolorrd man i discriminating
against the poll tax that he ought 70
pay
Sups- Dobyns extended . eourteou,
Invitation last week u the state OIL
GERS. trustees and superintendent Of
public Institutions 70 : O'Clock dining
A. the Deaf and Dumb Institute on
Tuesday night. January Il. the dinner
being prepared and served by the cook
ing class Of the institution The os.ca-
sion was u social and culinary success.
and The guests will again respoud in
force the next opportunity.
The Baptist Church Of Jackson sig
nalized the second anniversary of the
pastorzte OF DR.. Yarbrouxh in = mos.
interesting way. When the Baptist
state Convention met in session in Jack
son Il resolved TO pay q, 0oo on the
church debt il the congregation would
pay the balanee-sIOoo. That Is what
they did on SUNDAY. February = The
church eust about S.. .Ooo.
The editor ofthe Hattiesburg Progress.
takes occasion 20 note that Editor Bell
niger has returned from Georgia with
poeketful of manufacturing indus
tries and proposes to unload them on
the magnetic city of Jackson of
course he i in earnest and honest absu.
the unloading. but the trouble Is. Jack
son may refuse to carry the freight
A eonmandery of Knights Templzrs
/ was organized At YazOo City on the sth
ult- Grand Commander Rev Sir John
/ A. Il Jones WAS present; also members
, Of the order from Water Valley, Lex
/ tngton and Jackson Several ezudi-
dates were knighted- A banquet closed
the ceremonies The new eommandery
/ will take rank as No. II
The treaty rights Of the Mississippi
Choctaws are to be adjusted By the
/ Court of ClAims-so recommended bv
4 the House Committee on Indian Affairs
There are nearly 5000 delinquen. for
poll tax in Kinds county, and ssT Of the
i.sto polls in Jackson failed 70 pay, and
good per cent of the dellnquents are
Of the white persuasion
Sixty per cent of the voting popula-
ton of jackson county is delinquent
on poll tax. 50 says . telegram from
Scranton The total that failed to paw
is s.as4. large number being property
holders.
A new Presbyterian Church Was dedi-
Gated At HAzlehurs; oa Sunday. January
"a All the congregations. pastors and
choirs Of the town united in the service
Rev :. C. Caldwell is the faithful aad
eonsecrated pastor.
God bless the daughters-espeeaAlly
the Daughters of the Coutederzey.
/ Thev uans fh~ erru~rxfor- - ~