Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-01-09

MISSISSIPPI MATTERS
NOTES OF PAST AND CURRENT EVENTS


NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ~
As everybody Is interested in the
appropriation bills which come before
each Legislature. and as every body
should be interested In the A. & NJ.
College. we give in detail the amounts
asked for by this splendid school for
our boys. In considering the textile
schools cost. its immediate need (so
as to have our own boys ready to take
charge Of the various departments IN
the cotton mills now buila.ng and pro-
Jectsdl. and its great value to a State
that would be manufacturing cen
ter. must be considered also. The sup
port fund asked for for the next two
years is s10i.3fi.s2. and the textile
school deficit Is SO. .3s0l4 (this was
borrowed by the board OF trustees
There Is deficit Of ss.00J in the col
lese and student labor accounts. An
appropriation Of si59.3 $50 is asked for
new buildings. Improvements. etc. as
follows. New chapel. s35.00e. new
dormitory. S25.00o: new mechanical
building. $4,000: scientific building.
s-S.0oo; additional equipment for tex
tile school. $1,000: inrrmary. $40. 900:
three experiment stations. yearly. sI5.-
900: new barns. 5000: permanent i'm
provements in mechanical department.
$500: quarters for working boys.
$1,000: house for director Of textile
school. Si.50o: bachelor quarters.
ss.5oo: gymnasium. se.5o9: improved
breeds Of cattle and mares. s5.0ea. \.
VI. c. A. 500: equipment OF English
veterinary and preparatory depart
ments. sii50. equipment agricultural.
Horticultural and biological depart
ments. $3.50; printing equipment.
si.see. OF the amount requested to
make up the textile school deficit.
President Hardy says: The LegisIa-
ture appropriated si0.vvo for the tex
tile school and dormftory: the board
instructed that sIe.0v0 should be put
into the new dormitory. si0.00o should
be set aside for the equipment. and
$4,000 should go into the building.
By authority OF the board OF trustees.
the building was afterwards completed
at cost Of s32.t6iss. This excess. to-
sether with what has been paid for
salaries and labor. for which no pro-
vision was made. and for boilers. steam
main heating system. waterworks and
equipment for fire protection. and esri-
mated expenses to run up TO January
:. 1909. make the Indebtedness OF this
department ses.3soI4 The board
deemed 1t wise 70 borrow the money
to complete the work rather than to
have the enterprise fail for lack of
equipment and support 4
Death Is unweIcome at any time. in
any place. and his coming always
brings bitter grief to many hearts and
homes. But when the Dark Angel
comes not alone. but seemingly in
fights. and hovers close about an erst-
while happy home. the agony Of its
presence cannot be told in words. Only
few weeks ago the Columbus papers
ehronieled the death OF the aged
mother Of Senator Meek. at his Colum-
bus home Scarce had the earth been
placed above the faithful mother heart
when IL was opened again to receive
the body OF her son. Col Meek. a man
who has been greatly loved and hon
ored in Mississippi. Only one night OF
darkness and lonely grief divided the
devoted wife from the husband OF her
youth. and then senator Meek's wife
joined him in the other world. In less
than a week after her parents death
Miss Meek, a daughter OF Col. and
Mrs. Meek and granddaughter of the
aged lady, passed from the scenes Of
earth to join her loved ones. So far
as We can learn. pneumonia was the
dreau disease that proved so fatal 10
this delightful home circle in Column
bus.
City when Miss Rebeeca t'urvis died on
the 29th and her mother on the 3lst
OF December. In this instance it was
thought that the shock OF the daugh-
ter's death was more than the feeble
strength Of the aged lady could bear
A number of State papers are won
dering what is to be done with the
great surplus now lying idle in the
vaults Of the State treasury. What
better use could be made Of a goodIy
part Of il than In adding to the faeili-
ties Of the States educational. humane
and benevolent institutions-in buik-
ing a home for veterans. In putting a
State hospital on such a footing that
our sick and wounded need no longer
be carried 10 New Orleans and Mem
phis for treatment 1t our nsighbors'
expense. Some Of il might be we'll
invested in mueh-needed help for our
orrhaa children- A goodly amount
must Be spent in properly fitting up
cur splendid new Capitol Mississippi
Is getting 10 be a great State nov. and
her Housekeeping should be on a
scale commensurate with her tmpor-
taree and her position in the sister
hood OF States.
The old year was determined not 10
let $50. stand sponsor FOR all the new
railroads IN Mississippi. 50 On the last
days Of its existence il ehrunicIed not
\ few important changes in railroad
eirrlss-parrieularIy In those con-
troils.i By the IlIinois Central On the
5eth Of Dsesmher TIE Memphis & Mo-
bile Company started to locate its line
and announced the closing OF a con
tract with George Arnold Co. Of
Memphis to complete 2a8 miles Of road
between Hattiesaurg and Grenada in
twelve months II Is Said By those who
know that the l. c. Is sponsor for this
road- and that the Frisco system is
sponsor for the New Orleans 4 Mis-
sissippf Midland road. from Pontotoe
10 New Orleans. The Illinois Central
has already done great things for Mis-