Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-06-05
!. MISSISSIPPI MATTERS
NOTES OF PAST AND CURRENT EVENTS

Bv KATE MARKHAM POWER.

we are SIad TO give our Tedoeis tho
following information concerning
cotton gin, which, it is said, Will rev.
olutionize the cotton industry. The
gin is the invention of Mr.. Brosius. II
has no saws, and the cotton is to be
prepared in advance at practically no
cost. The gin removes the lint from
the seed, leaving the hull as bare al
most as a shelled peanut. The staple
is not cut by the saws and is therefore
much longer than that ginned in the
old way A sample of ordinary cotton
ginned by Mr.. Brosius was mistaken
for Sea Island by an experienced cot
ton man. 1t is estimated that cotton
ginned on the new machine will sell
from one to two cents higher than
from the ordinary gin. This will mean
an increase of nearly S50,00O,0oo
year in raw cotton.
The fine old county site of Jefferson
suffered q terrible loss by fire last Fri
day night, just before midnight, when
nine of her leading business houses
/ were destroyed. 1t is thought that the
confiagration was caused by the care
lessness of some travellers, who left a
| light too near infammable goods in
the warehouse yard in which they
were camping for the night. 1t seems
peculiarly unfortunate that the fire
should have come at this time, with
the waterworks only in course of con-
| struction. Had the gallant volunteer
| firemen had few fire hydrants to sup
plement their splendid bucket brigade
| they could have saved most of the val
liable property.
| We have always believed that knit
ting mills would prove paying invest
ments in our section, hence our very
great satisfaction at the success Of
| this venture at Laurel. The mill there
has an output (not capacity, mark
| you) of 120 dozen socks and stockings
| daily. 1t has fifty employees, most OF
whom are young girls from 10 to 10
| years, and they are pretty well paid
| and seem happy in their work and
| their association. (Some of them are
| far too young to be working in any
factory, however,. Would that these
small mills Cor any kind Of manufac-
turing plant) could be multiplied a
| thousand-fold throughout Mississippi.
Then would we be prosperous indeed,
| ;,,+ would a
| class of citizens worthy to live in and
| become part of this garden spot of
| the earth.
| The Newman Lumber Company is
building, at Sumrall, a duplicate OF
! their splendid lumber plant now -four
| ishing at Hattiesburg, twenty miles
distant. The new mill is on the Pearl
| & Leaf River railroad, and it will have
capacity of 1000 feet per day and
will be perfectly equipped throughout.
| The company is not content with using
| the road. as at present, for freight
alone. but coaches have been bought
and a regular passenger service Will
soon be put in effect. This road Will
| reach Pearl river before great while,
| and there are those who anticipate the
| pleasure. before a great while shall
have elapsed, of going straight through
| to Natchez by this route. May it grow
long and prosper, and 'get to where it
| is going" right speedily. We need all
| the railroads we can get in Mississippi.
| The county election commissioners
must be appointed within sixty days
before the Congressional election in
! November. by the State board OF elee-
ton commissioners, consisting of the
| Governor, Secretary of State and At
| torney General. There must be ap-
pointed three county election commits
| sioners for each of the seventy-flVe
| counties. These men must be freehold
| ers and electors in the county for
| which they shall be appointed and
shall not all be of the same political
party. They shall continue in office
for two years unless sooner removed
and until their successors are appoint
ed. One of the three commissioners of
each county shall be designated in his
| commission as ticket commissioner.
| There is grief in many hearts and
| homes in Mississippi because the Death
Angel has borne from her earthly
home that lovely woman-a model in
her relations as wife, mother and
| friend-Mrs. Julia Kennon Jayne OF
| Brandon. Earth is the poorer hence
forth, because she is no longer among
us. but heaven is richer for the coming
of such as this angelic spirit. Her
| children have the sympathy of all who
| knew their mother, and the priceless
| memories that cluster around her ex-
! alted womanhood, to soften the GRIEF
in their hearts through these days Of
heaviness.
| Carrollton has Joined the long pro-
cession and will sooR put up an oil
mill.
Some of the young people should
get their heads together and organize
a park committee. This committee
| should be invested with the power and
| authority to create park FUND by
public subscription and build PARK
/ somewhere out from the business por-
tion of the city where the young folks
could go these beautiful moonlight
nights or at other times and enjoy
themselves. A large and nice pavil-
/ ion should be erected and occasionally
have sweet music by one Of the bands
in Hattiesburg.
| The sad experience Of some or our
| truckers, who had to stand, helpless,
| and see thousands of bushels OF early
vegetables rotting in the field, because
of "a glutted market" should be the
strongest sort of an argument in favor
of putting up cannery In every
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