Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-03-13

L ~ AA4HtAAutA0n- Al IAa ahrtu.
The amnesty act.
For the relief Of J. W. Duke
Paying 20 Critz 4 Beckett legal fees
for services rendered the State
Making an appropriation for the
agricultural experiment station Al
Mcneil
To defray the expenses OF the East
Mississippi Insane Asylum.
To pay the per diem and mileage of
the presidential electors
Making an appropriation for the
+ Deaf and Dumb Institute
To appropriate money for pensions
Giving telephone lines the same pro
lection a. telegraph lines.
To refund 20 &. l. Graham s475 paid
out BY him by mistake
For the support Of Alcorn A a n
College
St Louis Worlds Fair bill.
Changing tine OF holding court IN
Fourth Circuit Court district
For the salary 0f the Assistant Al
Orney-G-nsraL
Empowering okrihheha supervisors
to loan their surplus funds.
Authorizing the supervisors % Cow
iaEtsl county % order county site -
movai election
Fixing the time far holding chancsry
court in Tailahafchle county
To transfer % The afice of the Land
Commissioner all records now in The
-taiit0Ts 5sfiee.
Making an appropriation TO pay
those pensioners whose applications
were passed on after the distribution
/ Increasing the salary of the Supreme
Court porter.
To graduafe The salary o. chancery
clerks.
To require the members ot the
Board Of Control and the warden to
pay into the state treasury any money
frun the hire of convicts. sale OF prod
ucts. etc and 70 provide for disburse-
ments for penitentiary purposes.
Making an appropriation for the
support of the \. a NJ College
To create the Eleventh Circuit
COur- district.
Authorizing the Perry county super.
visors and the Board Of Aldermen OF
Hattiesburg 70 invest their sinking
funds.
To authorize boards OF supervisors
70 borrow from county treasurer.
To provide fuel. lights. etc. for the
Governors mansion
The privilege tax bill.
Authorizing supervisors of Amlta
county TO transfer money from county
fund to school fund.
To pay l. Cullen. tax collector OF
Lafayette county. certain commissions
due him
To pay DR. E. l. Irby Of Tunica
county s=25 FOR services rendered in
smallpox epidemic.
! To pay interest 20 Alcorn A an
College.
| Constituting the railroad commits
siOners assessors OF telephone prom
erty.
Changing time for opening the sum
mer and winter schools.
To raise revenue 20 carry on rha
state government for the next two
years.
Changing the time for holding court
in the Third Judicial District as re-
lates TO DeSOto county.
To pay the premiums on the bonds
OF State officers
Requiring State officers TO make
) bonds in guarantees companies.
10 amend sections e9I2. e.aI3 and
-sI4 OF code relative 10 the limits OF
boundaries Of cities.
To amend section 40i7 OF code in
relation To examination OF teachers.
/ To provide the Land Commissioner
with clerical help.
Amending the act 20 incorporate the
Board OF Mississippi Levee Commis-
sioners.
Changing the time for the meeting
OF presidential electors.
Making an appropriation for the
penitentiary
To appropriate money for the sup
port OF the State government.
From the eensuus reports We learn
that Old Miss. has climbed up the pine
Tree until she has passed all com
petitors IN the rosIn business except
four-Georgia, Florida. North Carolina
and Alabama This IS remarkable. in
deed, when We recall the youth OF the
industry and the msager encourage
ment il met with from us for so long a
| time The census report gives the fol-
lowing statement as To the value OF
the establishments in the State and
Acknowledges that its agents were IN
able to reach and report quite a num-
Der OF plants
Capital invested in lands buildings.
machinery, tools and implements. cash
and sundries. s7SsS73: salaries. ss7.-
923; average number OF wage-earners.
2.22s; total wages. $3.50. 40: miseeI-
laneous expenses. s+s.s55. cost Of ma
laneous expenses. s4S. 800. cost OF
material used. s697.53s: value OF
products total s1927i35. Of which
turpentine is apportiOned 81 .253. .9s4-
rosin. s46l .165. and all other products
s5i.336. number OF barrels OF turp.n-
tine, 64.2s7. and Of rosin. 241 .667.
The Sentinel says there is a splendid
opening in YazOo City for a mattress
factory. as there is none in the state.
fazoo City is not the only place where
such an enterprise could. should anc
I've believel. would prove successful.
Our fields furnish the cotton that fills
most of the Northern-made mattresses
and covers all OF them. and from our
woods are gathered the thousands OF
bales OF gray moss that frequently
come back to US as -curled hair" mat
tresses. and the same railroads and
water courses that bring the mattresses
back TO Us from Yankee factories could
carry our home-raised and homemade
mattresses 10 the markets of the world
in sufficient numbers TO rest the weary
bones Of all the people in the land.
What We need is to get up (and STAY
upl and HUSTLE,
| % much IS being said Just now in
the papers about the new primary eIec-
ton law (which became a Law March
-, and there seems tc be so many who
do not thoroughly understand all OF its
''ramifcations." that We are glad to
state 10 our readers that We will. in
few weeks. give them an extended
account OF its workings, written by
the author Of the bill. after which We
will be glad TO hear from any OF the
voters If they do not understand il.
IN order that they may receive further
enlightenment We are sure that such
a plan Is good one as il Is a matter
OF very special pride 10 us that our
columns are read by those who are
really The PeopIef-those who make
and keep the homes that are the
strength and sweetness OF the State
We all love.