Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-01-16

vas upon The Coming and the Over
throw of the Negro in Congress" His
notice of Hirxn r Re.ells. the first
rexss 10 enter the United States Sen
ate Gin lS10f. co1clades thus:
Ten years after ReyeIlsr retirement
from the Senate I visited the capital
Of Mississippi. and there met the late
senator George. Who vas then Sena-
toreiect. with the Governor Of the
State and q number os other prOmi-
nent odseiais was equally surprised
and grztised 10 hear from taem that
ex-senator Reyelis xzs doing a great
work in Mississippi as president OF a
college for eolored students. and that
he vas very highly respected. and his
work Vas 50 well appreciated that the
State ef jefferson Davis. vhe ~ss then
living contributed annually and lioer-
ally to maintain tho Institution Re
wells continued IN that work Until his
death. and he lived to see Blanche X
Bruce. Of his own race. represent his
State in the Senate. with half a dozen
or more negro representatives In the
House. Bruce entered the Senate IN
1875. served \ frl term. and afrerxari
vas made register Of the treasury He
had n more rosy pathway than his pre-
decsszors in the Senate. as the negro
vas no longsr stunned as a pest in
the councils Of the natis7--
B. h Brucs's sou. Roscoe Conklins
Bruce. Is. by the way. the orator Of this
years senior class NJ Harvard
Col Mcclure relates also the follow
ing interesting story Of loan r. Lynch
and President Roosevelt:
In 1875 John r. Lynch. another
prominent nsgro. appeared As a mem
Der Of Congress from Mississippi. and
was one OF seven negroes In that bo.iy.
he was elected for three consecutive
terms. and I saw the rapidly growing
tolerance Of the Republican leaders for
negro political fellowship very impre<-
siyely portrayed Al the Chicago Repub-
ican NATIONAL convenfion IN lisa
When the chairman oe the national
committee called the sosfy 70 order one
of the youngest Members Of the coz
Vsntion rose and in \ speech of sin
grilar elegance and force nominated
Rsprese1tative Lynch aS temporary
Chairman In presentia< this nsmina-
tioa the y0unS orator said tAat il was
a ntting thinx fog Is 70 cnoo=e to pre-
side eyer the eo1Fenrion oce % that
race whose right to sit within these
walls i due 70 the blood and treasure
80 avtzhly spent By the founders Of
TIRE Republican parry Mr. LvncA xas
promptly and unanimously eIecte.I.
and the young orator wAo thus pre-
senref the first -@<r0 % preside ever
natioual esavsnfio1. and the only
one of his race Who has ever been n
charge OF such n body. was Theodore
Roosevelt. noE President og the UnI.esi
Sszfesl-
Capt. John a Webb. secretary oe the
Railroad Commission. has reesutly
completed statistics froa which ne
gather the following interesting facts.
During the twO years ezdia< October
1. 1901. l.esa persons we're killed or
injured on the railroad IN Mississippi
Such tragic happenings are ca the in
crease and this record Shows an n
crease Of Is per cent over the two
years Immediately preceding the Pc
riod. and this despite the fact that
there were no smash-ups o. great AZ
eidents involving heavy loss
The number Of persons killed by
railroads in Mississippi in lsae WAS
10s and the number injured Col. max
ing 4 total Of ls7 killed and injured
during the year In 1901 ia we're killed
and s9s were injured. making 4 total
OF 5s3. or an increase Of es over the
record OF the previous year The total
number OF killed during the biennial
period was 30 and the injured go.
making 4 grand total Of killed and
injured amounting to an even I.0e2-
Labor agents are infestins some OF
our hill counties again. each per.
Suadirg the negroes to follow him to
some new land Of premise-- About
100 families have left Claiborne county
/ for the delta already. Most Of these
people did well last year and cleared
money. hu, in spite OF this they vere
eager TO leave their comfortable cab
ins and patches" their kindred and
home. to enter a new country and
new life Of the ills of which they
know not" The poor. deluded erea-
lures are usually glad to get back
home after = year or two spent In the
arduous labor necessary on the big
plantations in the swamp. This fact,
however. does not go very far toward
helping ths Claiborne county farmers
10 plant. make and harvest his crops
next year. whatever It may do the
year after.
His friends-and wherever there are
newspaper men. Masons. merchants or
jolly good fellows in the State his
friends are numerous and sineere-ot
Hon J. H Duke Of Keuper county
synpathize with him in the loss by
IRE Of his business house in Seooba-
The loss amounts 20 SIS. 200 and the
insurance to s5.see
copiah eountyis fine new courthouse
wili be built at once by the Hull Bros.
OF Jackson. whose bid (the lovesr)
was $44.se3- The contract insures the
completion of this magnificent new
building By November Of this year.
William F. Swann has been appoint
ed Collector Of Customs for Pearl river
at Biloxi Hon r. C. Lee succeeds
the lamented Albert Lea as District
Attorney for the Southern district.
The Register Of the Land Once at
/ Jackson is r. W. Collins. and Mamie
8 Nelson postmaster At GreenyiIle.
A thoroughly original note OF thanks
is the following. copied from a recent