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The Lamar register., 1903-03-18

OF course the world owes you q liv.
ing. but you must be your own bill
collector.
The Lamar register., 1903-03-18

The cake walk and coon song have
shocked Paris. Well, the French ball
has shocked us. SO the score may be
called about even.
The Lamar register., 1903-03-18

The sultan has just filed another Of
his fair. sweet promises, and the
powers will now go about their ordi-
nary affairs. trying not to notice when
he breaks it.
The Lamar register., 1903-03-18

Congressman Littlefeld says there
,re ann trusts in this country. 1t must
be the masses and not the classes VIM
are forming trusts, after all.
The Lamar register., 1903-03-18

Schwab is trying to break automo-
bile records in France. The report
that he had recovered must have
been unfounded.
The Lamar register., 1903-03-18

The New York man who has con-
tracted a second marriage while pay
ing $4,000 year alimony to his first
wife is clearly not of the number who
are afraid of the expense of married
life.
The Lamar register., 1903-03-18

What the president needs is a sec
retary that can hang pictures In
way that will suit everybody.
The Lamar register., 1903-03-18

Carnegie needn't worry. Venezuela
refused to take his money; but Vene
zuela isn't the beginning and the end
The Lamar register., 1903-03-18

A locomotive struck a thousand dol
lar dog in Pennsylvania the other day
and marked him down to less than 80
cents.
The Lamar register., 1903-03-18

Marriage licenses have fallen OFF q
600 in Philadelphia. Is it possible that
Cupid has also gone to sleep in that
city?
The Lamar register., 1903-03-18

Complaint is made in Copenhagen
that big stones are found in tubs OF
butter imported from Siberia. Even
canny Connecticut never went so far
as that.
The Lamar register., 1903-03-18

German law permits the Saxon ex-
crown princess to marry again pro-
yided she doesn't marry the man she
ought to marry.
The Lamar register., 1903-03-18

Nations in need of an experienced
arbitrator would do well to consider
Ban Johnson.
The Lamar register., 1903-03-18

The saddest sight on earth is the
breakfast table expression of the aver
age man.-Baltimore American. Par
ticularly If it is preceded by his next
morning" expression.
The Lamar register., 1903-03-18

The surest way to prevent your
clothes being destroyed by moths is TO
have only one suit.
The Lamar register., 1903-03-18

Sir Thomas is planning to launcl
the Shamrock the first week In April
not the first day, we trust.
The Lamar register., 1903-03-18

With the Maine senate tied. IL to IL.
on the question of allowing women to
vote, President Virgin broke the tie by
voting No" Now, was he wise
Virgin?
The Lamar register., 1903-03-18

The man who attends to Mr..
Schwab's poor health must be taking
a vacation.
The Lamar register., 1903-03-18

If seems the new lord lieutenant of
Ireland doesn't know whether TO KISS
the debutantes presented at the DUB
lin drawing rooms or not. Tnen ne
certainly doesn't deserve to be told.
Oxford eagle., 1903-07-23
r,ppropriated mississippi Fund

There are 2.72o acres of unappro-
priated United States lands IN Mlssis.
sippi subject to entry.
Oxford eagle., 1903-07-23
Passed for a Man.

A strange but well authenticated
story comes from Prentiss county
that a young woman, who is known
as Willie Ray, has for several years
practiced the deception that she was
a man, and her true identity was re-
vealed last week to officers of the
law in order to disprove allegations.
This person has worked several years
with different farmers in the country
as a share cropper, but is making a
crop this year on her own account.
During all this time she has dressed
in full male attire, and on anything
like special occasions appeared as a
neat-looking boy, riding horseback
astride, chewing tobacco and smok-
ing cigarettes. Willie has always
been regarded as good field and
farm hand, and possessed the conf
dence of neighbors to the extent Of
opening individual accounts with
storekeepers and other business men.
She is rs years old and came orig
inally from Tennessee.
Oxford eagle., 1903-07-23
CANCER TREATED BY RADIUM.
Successful Treatment of q Case Of
Rodent Cancer of the Nose by
Radium in London.

New York, July 19.-At Charing
Cross hospital cancer has been sue
cessfully treated by means of radium.
cables the London correspondent of
the Herald. DR.. Davidson, who is
carrying on the treatment, says: Il
am experimenting, and / am hopeful
that ratlium has proved effective with
superficial cancer. As to deep tum-
ors can not speak, and / should be
very sorry to see false hopes raised.
The whole matter is new, and as to
deeper cancer cases it would be pre-
mature to say anything. The Charing
Cross case was one of rodent cancer
of the nose. superficial cancer, that
is to say. After unsuccessful treat
ment with the X-rays, the cancer was
exposed for a short time to radium.
-Four exposures, taken about an hour
altogether, were given at intervals of
a few days. In three weeks, the dis
eased part was healing satisfactorily,
and in six weeks, with two further
exposures, the growth was quite
gone. You could not now tell on
which side of the nose the cancer
had been, there being no scar left.
Oxford eagle., 1903-07-23
Fine Crop Prospects.

Ideal weather conditions for the
cotton crop have existed in Missls-
sippi during the past week, and the
crop has made more satisfactory
progress than during any week since
its planting. The steady prevalence
of high temperature, accompanied
by a succession of bounteous show
ers, has brought out the plant in a
wonderful manner, greatly advanc-
ing the growth, which was so much
retarded during the early part OF the
season.
The farmers are quite jubilant
over their prospects throughout the
State, and from all quarters of the
commonwealth come splendid re-
ports on the corn crop, which prom
ises to be the largest grown in Mis-
sissippi for five or six years. Roast
ing ears are now plentiful on the
market, the watermelon supply will
be sufficient to supply even the most
clamorous demands Of the negro
population, and there will also be a
large canteloupe crop. Fruits are
fine and abundant, the crops of
peaches, grapes and figs being par
ticularly good.
Oxford eagle., 1903-07-23
SIX INCHES OF HAIL.
CIoudburst and Hailstorm Causes
Much Damage-Many Mar
row Escapes.

Trinidad, Col, July 2o.-A violent
hail storm, Sunday afternoon, fol.
lowed by cloudburst one mile south
of Trinidad, caused thousands of dol
lars damages and a number of fam
lilies to fee for their lives. The hail
covered the ground to depth Of six
inches West of Simpsons Rest a
large arroyo was flooded so quickly
that the occupants of 100 houses
along the bank barely had time to'run
for their lives. The house occupied
by man named Gray was dashed
away a moment after Gray had res
cued his wife, who was lying i'll in
bed.
The Santa Fe depot was inundated
to depth of two feet, and the base
ments of many business houses were
flooded. The Commercial river rose
three feet in 80 minutes, and many
culverts and small bridges We're
washed out
Oxford eagle., 1903-07-23
County Institutes.

The State board of education last
week gave out the announcement OF
the institutes and the institute con-
ductors appointed for the coming
season. They are as follows. The
addresses of the conductors are given
at the end of the list. The numbers
between the dates and names refer to
the number of weeks the institutes
will run:
Pike-August 10 (2), H. P. Hughes.
Miss F. Atkins; primary CD.
Lincoln-August "a (2), T. P. Scott.
Covington-August 10 (2), C. E.
Saunders, Miss Emily Jones; primary
~.
Lawrence-August "a t2)..J. T. Cal
houn.
Amite-August (2), J. D. Wallace.
Mrs. E. NJ Baker; primary (2).
Wilkinson-August IL ~, ]. T.
Wallace.
Adams-August 10 (2), T. H. Free
ny, Miss Mary McAllister; primary
~.
Franklin-August "a ~, W. H.
Weathersby.
Claiborne-August' 10 (2), P. D. L.
McLaurin, Miss Carrie Harrell; prima-
ry %.
Jefferson--August "a a., P. D. L.
McLaurin, Miss Mary McAllister; pri-
mary %.
Copiah- (2), T. L. Trawick,
Miss T. NJ. Wiener; primary (2).
Hinds- (2), E. l.. Baily, Miss
Tillie Wolfe; primary (2).
HancocK-August 3 ~, ]. 7. Con-
nell
Pearl River-August 10 a., T. A.
Evans.
Marion-August II o., J. T. Con-
nell
Jackson-August "a ~, E, F. Bill
lington.
Greene-August 81 ~, E. F. Bill
lington, Miss Annie Donald; primary
Harrison-August II %, w. F.
Bond.
Perry-August 10 a., w. V. FAINT,
Miss lola Tapley; primary a..
Clarke-August 10 (2), George H.
Brunson, Miss Minnie B. Wilson; pri.
mary %.
Wayne-August "a a., P. P. Gar
ner, Mrs. Minnie B. Wilson; primary
~.
Jasper-August "a ~, w. H. Fos-
ter, Miss Annie Donald: primary "a.
Smith-August 81 a., P. P. Gar
ner.
Simpson-August 10 ~, S. L.
Stringer, Miss mil Jones; primary a..
Rankin-August II (2), ]. L. john
son, Jr., Miss Sallie Enochs (2).
Scott--August 10 (2), w. S. Huddle-
ston.
Newton-August "a (2), w. s. Hud-
dleston, Miss Susie V. Powell; prima-
ry (2l.
Lauderdale-August 10 (2), ]. G.
FAINT, Miss Jennie M. Austin; primary
ca.
Kemper-August "a (2), ]. G. FAINT.
Warren-August 10 (2), ]. ]. Hug
Oxford eagle., 1903-07-23
Excur.ionists Injured.

Cincinnati, O., July 2o.-Mrs. Carrie
Crawford and Harry Elswick, of
Washington, Ind, were probably ia
tally injured and ten other excursion
lists were severely hurt, Sunday, when
an empty Queen & Crescent train ran
diagonally into the side of long,
well-flled Baltimore & Ohio South
western excursion train, which was
standing in the Cincinnati station.
The empty train was backing out of
the station and by accident was
switched into the track on which
stood the excursion train. The sides
of three coaches were caved in.
Oxford eagle., 1903-07-23
pAUPER ORIENTAL LABOR.
Conference at Seattle to Devise
Ways and Means to Keep 1t
Out of This Country.

Seattle, WASH, July 19.-An impor-
tant conference, having for its object
the devising of ways and means to
keep out pauper oriental labor, is
now in progress in this city. The con-
ference is attended by ]. II. Barber,
Chinese Inspector of the Portland
district; Thomas M. Fisher, in
charge of the Puget Sound district;
James r. Dunn, former inspector in
charge of the San Francisco district;
his son, Jonn Dunn, connectea w1ulf
the Chinese bureau of immigration
at San Francisco, and w. ii. Reed,
commissioner of immigration at Vic
toria.
The chief objects of the conference
is to talk over plans to restrict immi-
grants from crossing the Canadian
and Mexican lines.
Oxford eagle., 1903-07-23
Mississippi State News

gins, Miss Emma French; primary
(2l.
Sharkey-August "A a., J. ]. Hug
gins.
Yazoo-July 27 (2). W. c. Sans,
Miss Frances L. Ellison; primary (2).
Madison-August 10 (D, J. A. Hun.
Noxubee-August 10 (2), S. r.
Walker, Miss Carrie Foose; primary
(2).
Winston-August "a Q), T. E. Pc
gram.
Holmes-August 10 ~, w. T. Fos-
ter.
Carroll-August II (2), j. NJ. Kim
brough, Miss Annie Alexander; pri-
mary (2).
Washington-August II a., T. O.
Grifis.
sunfiower-August "a (2). J. w.
Williams.
Lefore-August 8 (2), o. A. Shaw.
Choctaw-August II a.. A. A. New
ell.
Webster-August II ca, B. H. Ma
lone.
Montgomery-August 81 (), o. B.
Taylor
Clay-August 10 (-), D. A. Hill.
Miss Susie Strong; primary (full
time).
Lowndes-August II ~, E. w.
Darlington.
Oktibbeha-August "a (2), j. II.
Woodard; Miss Villa Bolton; prima'
ry (2).
Monroe-August IL (2), Claude
Clayton, Miss Ruth Mcfarland; pri-
mary (2).
tawamba-August II (2), B. 7.
Schumpert.
Calhoun-August 10 (2), J. S. Price.
Miss Clara Bigham; primary (2).
Pontotoc-August "a (2), M. Rose,
Grenada-August II %, L. E. Bates.
Yalobusha-August "a (2), w. p.
Dobbins.
Leake-August 10 (2), ]. F. Parkin.
son, Miss Mary Davis; primary (2).
Tate-August 10 ~, c. E. Saun
ders.
Panola-August II (2), c. E. Saun.
ders, Miss Elizabeth Young; primary
(2).
Tunica-August 10 ID, ]. w. Buzz
bee
Tippah-August II (2). L. H. Jobe,
Miss Mary Anderson; primary (2).
Marshall-August "a (2), Ira G. Al.
len.
allahatchie-August II (2), E. S
Balthrop.
Lee-August 81 (2), ]. 0. Loony,
Miss Ellen Phillips; primary (2).
Prentiss-August II (2), j. 0. Loo
ny
Bolivar-August 10 ~, J. S. Thorn
ton.
Coahoma-August II ~, J. S..
Thornton.
DeSoto-August 81 ~, ]. s. Thorn
ton
Neutrality-suspicious. 10 {D, Percy
Wall
Alcorn-August II (2), Percy Wall
Benton-August 81 ~, Percy WALL
Neshoba-August 10 (2), H. Y. Ora
ham, Miss May Haddon; primary (2).
Union-Miss Hope Mckinney; pri-
mary (2)
Oxford eagle., 1903-07-23
AN OLD FIRE CHIEF KILLED.
After Fighting Fires for Years Meets
Death by . Trolley Car
Accident.

Louisville, Ky, July 20.-Maj. Ed
ward Hughes, Louisville's veteran fire
chief. was run over and instantly
killed, Sunday afternoon, by trolley
car. Maj. Hughes was one of the best
known fire chiefs in the country, and
had been at the head of the Louis
vile fire department for 25 years un-
til recently when he was retired on
full pay. He was picturesque char
acter, and had been fire-fghter for
more than fifty years. He was on the
way to the house of a friend for din
ner when he stepped off the trolley
car at Beechwood, on the Louisville &
Anchorage line, only to be run down
and mangled by car coming from
the opposite direction.
Oxford eagle., 1903-07-23
GREAT FLOOD In GERMANY.
Continuous Rise of the Oder Caus.
ing Great Alarm-Smau
Towns Inundated.

Glogau, Germany, July 19.-The
continuous rise of the Oder is caus-
ing the greatest alarm. The entire
portion of Glogau in the neighbor-
hood of the cathedral is submerged,
and the principal bridge crossing the
Oder is threatened. Large areas of
Sridemost, Schrezau, Bobering and
other small towns are inundated,
causing number of fatalities.
Oxford eagle., 1903-07-23
SUGGESTION OF PLAGIARISM.
Originality of the Brown University
mmencement Day Grafton
Called in Question.

Providence, II. T.. July 19.-The
originality of the Brown university
commencement day oration this year,
which was delivered by Maurice B..
Rich, and which, with its delivery,
won him the CASTOR medal for ora
tory, has been attacked by Prof. Har-
ry Mintz, of the Binghamton IN. "
high school, who makes the charge
that the GRAFTON, ''The Folly of Anti
Semitism," is very similar in many
parts to an oration delivered by him
at Hamilton college in 1901. When
Rich's oration was printed a Bing-
hamton man noted the similarity
Mr.. Rich says that he is innocent of
any attempt to appropriate anothers'
work.
Oxford eagle., 1903-07-23
WATERWAYS OF GERMANY.
Representntive Burton. of Ohio, and
Mai. Frederick Mahan are Study
ing Germany's Waterways.

Berlin, July 19.-Representative 7.
E. Burton, of Cleveland, chairman of
the rivers and harbors committee of
the house of representatives, and
Maj. Frederick Mahan (retired), OF
the engineer corps, have arrived at
Berlin, and are studying Germanys
canals. river improvements and har.
bors generally.
Oxford eagle., 1903-07-23
Eishermen's Find.

Some fishermen found floating in
the river last week, near the Blanton
place, in the northern part of Green
vile, an old-style metallic coffin.
The case was four feet long, and on
removing the lid could be seen the
flesh and bones of a child, presuma-
bly, about IL years old. The coffin
must have cayed off into the river
from cemetery or family burying
ground. From the looks of the cof-
fin it has been in the ground for
some time.
Oxford eagle., 1903-07-23
After Artesjan Water,

Vicksburg citizens seem deter
mined to secure artesian water for
their town. There was a meeting
last week to consider ways and
means to accomplish this end. It
was decided to organize at once with
capital of $4,000, organization to
be effected and work commenced as
soon as $4,000 is subscribed and
paid. The geological surveys show
that it is quite as feasible to get arte-
sian water at Vicksburg as at jack
son or any other locality.
Oxford eagle., 1903-07-23
The Baptist orphanaae.

At the session of the Mississippi
Baptist Convention held in Yazoo
City few days since, it was decided
to make radical change in the gov
ernment of the Baptist orphanage
located in jackson The convention
created board of trustees one-third
of the membership of which is elect
ed each year, thus giving new
board every three years Rules and
regulations were adopted for the
government of the institution on
business-like basis.
Oxford eagle., 1903-07-23
Left Many Descendants.

Mrs. Elizabeth Hutton died at her
home near Glade Springs, Va. at the
advanced age of 101 years. She was
born in 1902, and most of her life was
spent in Washington and Smythe
counties, Virginia. Mrs. Hutton left
many descendants to perpetuate her
memory. She was the mother of ten
children, every one of whom married
in due course of time, so that she was
able to count GA grandchildren, 165
great grandchildren and 26o great
great-grandchildren
Oxford eagle., 1903-07-23
Damaging Hit of Evidence.

Union, Mo-, July 19.-Emanuel
Cromer testified at the trial of Col
Inns, Friday, that Collins deliberately
shot at Chas. J. Schumacher, the
murdered detective, as he lay fatally
wounded on the ground in front of
the Rudolph house.
Oxford eagle., 1903-07-23
MAKES ITS OWN PAPER.
KANSAS City Star Manufactures For.
ty Tons Daily From Pulp
Shipped from Canada.

Kansas City, Mo-, July 2o.-The
Kansas City Star has begun success
fully the operation of its paper mill.
Luilt here within the last nine
months. The capacity of the mill is
40 tons of white paper daily, all of
which will be consumed by the Star
and its morning paper, The Times.
The paper is made from pulp shipped
from Canada. There is only one 9TH
er newspaper in the world that man
ufactures its own paper-the London
Telegraph.
Oxford eagle., 1903-07-23
To Insure Against strikes.

A strike insurance company has
been organized at Louisville, Ky, for
the purpose of insuring employers
against loss from labor troubles.
Oxford eagle., 1903-07-23

John S. Bennett. an office holder OF
Bradford county, Fla, is under arrest,
charged with holding white girl in
Involuntary servitude.
Oxford eagle., 1903-07-23
viii Lose an Eye.

News came to Water Valley last
week from Chicago that physicians
had found it necessary to remove the
injured eye of J. R. Cahill in order
to save the remaining sound MEM
Der. He was injured by a small
piece of steel breaking off from
lathe at which he was at work in the
shops of the Illinois Central rail
road there and hitting him in the
optic. He was at once sent to spe
cialist in Memphis, but, finding
nothing could be done for him there,
he was sent on to Chicago. He is
one of the best known young men in
the city and his friends are sorry for
his misfortune.
Oxford eagle., 1903-07-23
An Unusual Case.

A very unusual case of bone frac-
ture is now being given professional
treatment in Jackson. A few days
since base ball team of that city
was playing the team at Ridgeland
and a young man named Quincy
was occupying the position of left
fielder for the Jackson team. In
attempting to throw the ball from
left field to first base his arm
snapped in twain just above the ell
bow. The sharp, cracking sound
could be distinctly heard by the
spectators gathered near the home
plate.
Oxford eagle., 1903-07-23
An Old Land Warrant.

An interesting case of looting by
the Federal soldiers from Southern
citizens during the civil war has just
come to light in the county of At
tala. The late Gen. Richard Stokes
of Grenada county, received before
the war land warrant in payment
of services in the Florida war. As
the warrant was not needed and it
was probably not convenient to place
it on lands that he desired, it was
laid away with other valuable pa
pers, without knowledge of any 9th
er members Of the family, even if
they knew Of its existence. During
the war the premises were invaded
bv Federal soldiers, the place looted
of many valuable articles and pa
pers, among them this land grant.
Not long since a man living in the
North sent the warrant to an attor-
ney for Endorsement by the benef-
ciary, which disclosed its history and
Mrs. Wiley Sanders, one Of the heirs
Of Gen. Stokes, at once proceeded to
its recovery.
Oxford eagle., 1903-07-23

George W. Turner, who killed Will
lam Hume in front of the court
house at Memphis, may escape pun
ishment unless meted out by in
dignant friends of the victim. After
wrestling with the case for two
months, the jury returned verdict
convicting the prisoner Of involuntary
manslaughter and fixing his punish
ment at five years in the penitentiary.
Motion for a new trial was overruled,
and Judge Moss announced that he
would fix bail, pending supreme court
hearing on appeal. Hume was wit
ness in the Scruggs murder case, and
the shooting occurred while he was
discussing the case with Turner. Mob
violence is apprehended should Turn
er return to his former haunts.
Oxford eagle., 1903-07-23
LONGER School Terms.

Since Superintendent of Educa-
ton Whitfield inaugurated his cam
paign for the extension of the rural
school term twenty-six of the seven
ty-fve counties in the State have
heightened the term of the country
schools, and one of the most salts
factory results is twenty-five per
cent increase in school attendance.
From ten to fifteen counties will
lengthen the school term during the
present summer.
Oxford eagle., 1903-07-23
An Irish Colony.

Providing they can be gotten
through New York without being
drafted in as members of the police
force, Claiborne county is to have a
colony of Irish emigrants this fall.
Arrangements have been made for
the importation of large colony Of
Irish families from New Castle
West, County Limerick, during the
fall, and they will be placed at work
on some Of the undeyeloped lands
in diversified farming.
Oxford eagle., 1903-07-23
Divided Profits and Dissolved.

New York, July 19.-The Kuhn
Loeb-Speyer syndicate, which under
wrote the $50 100000 Pennsylvania
stock issue, has been dissolved. Mem
bers of the syndicate received checks
for their share of their profits Satur-
day. The syndicate was not called on
to advance any money in the deal.
Oxford eagle., 1903-07-23

A freight train on the Virginia d
Southwestern railroad ran into
stump that had fallen from the noun
tain at Fish Spring, Tenn, and was
ditched. The engine rolled down
high bank. Engineer Robert Burton,
of Bristol, and Fireman William Ry-
den, of Bluff City, were caught under
the wreck. Ryden died before he
could be released. Burton's injuries
are serious, but not necessarily fatal.
Oxford eagle., 1903-07-23
Landlords Are Wary.

Several landlords and property
owners in Jackson whose property
has recently been occupied by blind
tigers and gambling dens are insert
ing clauses in their new lease which
provide that in case bottles, vessels
or any APPLIANCES suspected of being
used for blind tiger purposes shall
be found on the premises it is equiv
alent to the termination of the lease.
The landlords are taking this step
Is a matter Of self-protection.
Oxford eagle., 1903-07-23
Indictments for Peonage.

Montgomery, Ala, July 19.-The
United States grand jury has found
80 true bills for peonage and conspir
acy, involving IS persons, including
justices of the peace, constables and
employers of labor. Judge Jones
complimented the jury on its work.
Oxford eagle., 1903-07-23
BicycIist Fatally Hurt.

At Paducah, ny, Jim Baldwin,
while riding a bicycle to dinner at
noon. was run into by a team ana
fatally injured. Two ribs were bro
ken. one piercing his left lung.
Oxford eagle., 1903-07-23
BountifuI Showers.

Bounteous showers continue to
visit the central portion of Missis-
sippi, vastly beneftting crops Of all
kinds, and particularly corn and cot
ton, which are growing at marvel
GUS rate.
Oxford eagle., 1903-07-23
Popular Girl Honored.

Gov. Longino has appointed Miss
Ethyline Durrant, one of Coffee
ville's most popular young ladies,
as commissioner for Yalobusha
county to aid in securing an exhibit
of the products and industries Of
that county for the Worlds Fair at
ST I,ouis
Oxford eagle., 1903-07-23
spoke Factory Burned.

The Tupelo (Miss.) spoke factory
was destroyed by fire for the second
time within three years. The loss il
$4,000. with no insurance.
Oxford eagle., 1903-07-23
nesnernte Battle in Kentucky.

A desperate battle between negroes
and deputy sheriffs occurred near
Barbourville, Ky. The negros at
tempted to rob a store, and when the
posse pursued thep they gave resist
ance Twenty shots were fired. and
one black was dangerously wounded.