Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-02-27


mined ey those splendid Southern ren
having the natter in charge TO have
the exposition ready for 1898. IL be-
ncoves Is enc and all to hestir our
selves and make this. our frst real
good chance tand our only chance. sx-
eept n New Orleans twenty years agol
% show the world what Is in our
Ssats- We are delighted to frd that
our puhIicarinn frpm Nr. Ioras' re-
port. two weeks ago. was 50 much ap-
prsciated. and has been so largely
cnpfet By the Ss1te press With the
narsriats We have within cur borders.
with n good appropriation to grease
the wheels ot the machinery" with n
splsadta force Of commissioners 0such
as We know our Governor wfII sp-
pai1tf. AMI with a xsrerous press. de-
voted ID the SsareFs interests. We are
haGna 70 make a success Of this under
s1ziaS In srIEer 10 make this success
4 certainty. and 70 hasten Is eunsunl-
nation. every man and woman N the
STATE sAnuld gD % work rs n self
appointed committee az one. TO lad
SuE whar there IS IA hiS (or herr sec
rsan worth exhiafrtnx Ir was such
srs~ 1at Iavtnx serTtee a. this that
-ra1lest IL - achieve cur large meas
are sf sHEewess IN New Orleans [Iusr
hers ne wExa % enrr-cx cue sc cur
sVzaszen<s relative 20 the Lady erm-
zszzzAauerS az New Orleans N1sx at
-Aer dld the w1rk from motives %
patriotism 1lane cut TWO Who we're
@npl1g~st al the tine. we're duly
pasAI
Ezaxr1sH as ne vs-apIe af the whole
world are oecsuinx actively Interested
- ne sxpssz<tsa. We. who are 50 close
70 he sseas. cannot arort 10 lag IN
tae z-1rrsr- Il . generzIIy believed
that r1s louisiana Purchase Expozi-
ton VIII he zaxh the finest largest
ana rosc comprehensive exhibit the
world has ever seen
We rusr make up our minds that
Mississippi VIII De a-ringlT represent
ed ard pgr our shoulders 10 the wheel
% carry cut whatever plan the com
mission may evolve for IN exhibit
The railroad service between Missfs
sippI and ST. Louis Is excellent. and
A. 4 direct result Of the showing We
viii make at that great exposition We
should be able to induce thousands
upon thousands Of people to visit thfz
State and see for themselves the al
most innUmerahle opportunities for
safe and profitable investments- By
bringing these people here we will not
only benefit them, but add enormously
10 the value Of the property Of every
citizen Of this State. let him De plant
sr. farmer. merchant. banker, manu-
f1eturer or a follower Of any other
vocation Ii would be a waste Of time
to 20 into details relative to the nu-
nerous resources Of Mississippi Most
Of our readers know what our re-
sources are, and we EuSr all Join in
the effort to extend that knowIedgs to
others This exposition will specially
attract people from the Southwest
the very people we want to come
among Us and be Of Us In this con-
neetion we give a few extracts from
the toast of the president OF Texas
Worlds Fair Commission Where he
referred to Texas we use ~Missis-
sippi.-
From the turbulent waters Of the
boisterous Atlantic upon the east to
upon the west. from the bending pal
metro in the sunny Southland to the
frozen lakes Of the Northland- there is
not a thing which will not grow bet
ter in Mississippi soil than anywhere
else Let Us illustrate the above At
St Louis IN such a magnificent way
that not only citizens OF Mississippi.
but people Of America and all the
world. may learn that Gods own eoun-
try iz-NissisSippi- Let Us magnify
our advantages. and II we have any
disadvantages. let Us keep them 10
ourselves
The above is good advice for all OF
Us
The Senator's and Representatives.
as well as many visitors to Jackson.
enjoyed an examination Of the prod
ucts Of the A. Z NJ College Textile
School, as displayed in the rosunda Of
the Capitol The display was small.
but comprehensive. and interesting to
= degree Everything was shown.
from the cotton from the fields (where
the boys raise it, on through the
various stages Of yarn, thread and up
to the most exquisite grades Of gossa-
mer-hke eottons, denims. jeans, checks,
domestic. ginghAms, etc, and table
cloths Of every grade and OF most
beautiful color combinations were
shown. and every one who paused to
study this exhibit was bound to be-
come = convert to the Textile School
Whitfield was busy last week getting
out blanks to the ASSESSORS upon which
to take the new enumeration of edu-
cable children. as ordered by the pres
ent Legislature A number of the as
SCISSORS are already at work This
quick work was rendered possible rs
the Superintendent had a good sup
ply Of blanks on hand with which to
begin the work He will nxw be com
PEELED to wait on the printer before he
can complete the task OF supplying as
SCISSORS with hlanks- This will be
done. however. as soon as possible.
In speaking recently Of the many
changes being made in vIekshurx.
from coal to crude oil, the Natchez
Bulletin stated that Natehez might
fall INTO line later IL the experiment
proved successful whereupon vtcks-
burg enthusiasts Indignantly assert
that theirs is not an experiment any
longer. but splendid and successful