Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-01-30
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS
BY KATE MARKHAM POWER.
NOTES OF PAST AND CURRENT EVENTS

VIII our people never learn to let
firearms alone Il Is time steps we're
being taken for the enforcement OF all
laws bearing on the matter Of carry
Ing dangerous weapons. And IL We
haven't laws enough We should enact
some more Cthis Is a good time for
such work.. There are very few
weeks that pass without recording
some serious accident from a pistol In
the hands of parties who -didnt know
it was loaded" or who pointed il IA
fun" Another recreation that has re-
Gently become popular Is for Invisible
parties TO shoot Cror rozl AZ no given
object. with the result that the bullet
finds place In the body Of sozs in
accslt PasssrSy. Only iszt week =
Vicksburg xentIeman was severely IN
iured By toy rife. reckiessiy arssl by
unseen parties The bulise lodged Ia
thu left lung and u0W a large and 9e-
pendent family Is suffering distress
and privation. while the hard working
father 1ghts death in a hospital These
things ara Outrageous aad shoalt Be
stopped Il was Christmas uixht in
New Orleans that n young lady ssana-
ing Inside the window of n friends
horne vas shot land died FROM The
wound By one of a party % gay y0un<
men and women passing. Who we're
firing pistols instead Of nrecraekers.
The guilty party should have been
made TO suffer In this instance and n
all others.
The State has been presented With
a valuable gift. anf one which all LOYAL
citizens will greatly prizr. This is a
portrait Of our first territorial govern
or, Hon Winthrop Sargent. The
painting Is Life size and Is a anely
executed copy tby a New York artist
OF the original portrait OF TIE alstir-
suished MisstssiPpian. which vas
painted in 1895 BY Gilbert stewart
We are indebted for this gift to Mrs.
W. Butler Duncan thorn SARGENT. a
granddaughter Of Winthrop Sargent
The portrait. In its massive frame. has
N houOred place In the STATE Library.
This brings Us 70 say-Shat We have
long had in our heart TO earnestly
urge-th1t In our new Capitol there
should be. as there Is in Virginia. A
portrait gallery. where the people may
see and study and honor the faces OF
the great men who have made this
Sears What she Is. OF course. il would
ee impossible to secure all the por-
traits that we would wish 70 hang
there. and that would Be entitled to
position there. but We could get 4
large number. and It seems 10 the
writer that the sooner the plan l. uut
n motion the better il will be for the
state, for Us and for ali generations
that are TO follow Us.
The Senate and House took another
holiday last week and enjoyed an
other genuine pleasure trip. This
time they went over the much h-taIked-
Of new roa1-the Gulf < ship Island
70 GGlfport. thence 10 various points
% interest along the coast The Gulf
towns ara making great fights these
days for top place on the ladder. and
each one OF half dozen considers it.
SELF the one and only point suitable
for the location Of the deep water har-
hor- Their efforts to bring others TO
their way OF thinking are earnest and
laudable- Not only did several OF the
cities on the coast-GuIfport. PaSca-
soula- and BeauvOir. home OF Jerer-
sen Davis. and others-play hostess
TO these august bodies. bur the honors
were also shown them BY some OF the
vigorous young towns along the Gulf
4 Ship Island road That their visit
ers appreciated the trip and all that
vas lone for their pleasure was
proven By the fact that they left Jack
son Friday morning and did not re-
turn until Tuesday However. the
ant. 50 the public viii doubtless De SAT
Is1sd-
The good news comes to Us that
there Is 70 be a furniture factory
with the accompanying settlement OF
wOrkmezl located about SIX niles
from Durant fnsar Mage. and that
the factory IS 70 BE capitalized at s40.-
eoo- The country In this section Is
well tiubered with the fine woods
needed in the manufacture Sf ft.rut-
tare and the factory Will doubtless be
success There would be many
more factories in the State than tkere
are now IL our people understood n
fraction Of the value OF the trees that
are being cut every week in every
county by renters for frewood. etc.
or even in -deadening- Only today
the writer exclaimed IN horror At
hearing young Hirds county planter
tell he had had lot of tremendous
walnut trees cut cut OF the way on
place he has Just bought" II is
safe 20 presume that he will not eut
any more lust to get them out OF the
way Nor will he make irewood OF
those already down. for a visit 10 the
lumber mills Of Jackson assured
him that those trees would be a con
siderable help toward paying for his
place
There was general disappointment
in political circles and among fire.
quentsrs OF the legislative lobby when
the great (anf doubtless sensatioraD
penitsntiary Investigation was post
poned from Wednesday. the 22i. 10
Thursday. the 2sth- A large number
ot interested parties had gathered at
the Capital City for this special pur-
pose and their disappointment Eas
freely expressed when. for reasons ac-
krowledged good by the Legislature.
the whole matter was postponed for a
week and a day
Another matter OF Statewide inter
est that IS occupying the Ssnate's at