Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-02-20

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OF the leading features OF the week
was the passage BY the senate OF the
House bill appropriating $50. zoe 70 the
St Louis Exposition and creating an
exposition bureau consisting OF the
Governor and four other members ITO
ne chosen by the GOvernorl. This bu-
reau viii appoint a commissioner. with
a salary Of $1,000 per annum. with
expenses. and IL will De his dusy TO
work up an interest N an exhibit: 10
get this exhibit together and to take
charge OF same during the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition. Now that the
sinews Of war have been supplied by
the State. this matter will doubtless be
taken mp rs soon as the Legislature ad-
iourns. and the State will proceed to
get up an exhibit worthy Of her splen-
did achievements and Of her boundless
possibilities.
Another subject OF unusual interest
was the Houses overwhelming ma
iOrity in favor OF the passage Of the
famous Cox antitrust bill IL also has
many friends in the Senate. where it is
being considered this week
The Gardaer depository bill (which
provides that the state Treasurer shall
in ease OF nsed make deposits Of State
funds in not more than two banks IN
any town and IN sums rot exceeding
sxS. .eee to each hank went through
the Senate with friends 20 spare. and
Il seems to have a goo1iy ngmter IN
the House. should this bill become a
law there will be no more eorapilints
OF 4 surplus overburterius the vlults
Of the Treasury. and tks State banks
will Be materially assist.d q
The insurance bill was .lccupyfn< the
Senate at the close % the week This
law makes raiicai changes in existing
laws and creates a special department
for insurance.
IL was voted to add another member
to the States Official family by the
Senate. in the person OF a keeper OF
the department o. history AM ar
chives- The salary TO be paid WAS set
at 81 SOC. and the duties will BE- such
as the able and devoted directors %
the State Historical Society shall des-
isnAte. This fine organization. COM
posed OF Nizsissippfs best and most
able men. have been gathering OUT
history up As labor OF love for wears.
but the work has now assumed such
proportions and the demands AMI 70
qaIrements are 50 numerous and ex-
acting that the creation Of this STATE
department vas deemed wise II IS
hoped that the House viii pass the bali
also
Another matter that has held re IN
tsrest Of the State. As well as the peo-
/ pie Of Jackson. was the visit 70 Jack
son Of Mrs Jefferson Davis. who spent
Friday and saturday in Jackson as the
guest OF the State legislature In tae
Library OF the Old State House. which
had been the scene OF 50 many Of her
/ Distinguished husbands triumrhs. she
mee AID greeted hundreds Cf the old
men who had loved and serted him.
with their children and ehiIIren's
children
MEch is being said by the Southern
press these days anent pecan culture.
Columns upon columns aad page
after page IS fIIed with arguments
demonstrating the wisdom Of pecan
/ planting as IN easy, inexpensive
sourcs OF revenue That is all very
veil. ard will doubtless lie the cause
OF many q hearty thanksgiving ten or
fifteen years from now. but we cannot
refrain from wishing that this pecan
culture craze had struck Mississippi
a score OF years ago. Had it been 50.
and the generations before ours had
day could now be sitting at ease, en-
/ ioying the fruits OF the harvest But
there Is no use to cry over SPLIT
/ milk. or. 10 be exact. over pecaRs
that never were planted. We must do
something better than that. and urge
our men and women Of today TO hesi-
tate no longsr about this matter. but
/ for the sake OF coming generations 10
| plant good pecan trees in the fence
corners tor anywhere eisel. and let
them grow. That is all they need-
We have read a great deal lately about
the vast superiority OF South Carolina
and Texas pec2Es over any othsrs
hence it gives Us great pleasure 10
/ tell our readers something about a
/ Mississippi pecan tres-a sturdy old
/ monarch that has drawn its suStenanea
in part from the writer's own home
/ garden for a score Of years The crop
never fails. and this year must have
been at least six bushels. IL has
never had the slightest care given Il.
except such as Mother Nature gave IL,
and unless we are in error il came
from a seed The nuts are large. full
and the meats are the richest We have
ever tasted. Only few weeks ago a
| gentleman whose diet consists largely
of pseaus Che is Z vegelariznl. and
who has Travelled all over the world,
| buying the finest pscals the world af-
| fords wherever they can be found,
and paying enormously for them. de-
| clared these pecans that grew in
backyard in Jackson to be beyond
| compare the finest he had ever tasted
He was then en- route to California.
to spend year in the enjoyment OF
the fresh fruits and nuts Of that State.
but he made every effort 10 secure a
supply of these pecans to take with
him Jsut think what a grand thing
/ it will he for the children Of this gen
Grafton IL We utilize the waste places
with this fine fruit and beautiful
shade tree
The friends Of Circuit Judge Powell
sympathize with him in his great anx-
iety because OF the illness Of his
youngest daughter. little Miss Annie
Davis Powell. WI . has been i'll from
typhoid fever for feveral weeks. The
Judges enforced absence from his
ragtrrs rrnrzr ha n severe trial 70 50 con-