Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-08-11

Miss Virginia Miller left yes.
J terday for Greenwood, from which
place she viii go to the World
Fair.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Farley
OF Pinkney, Ark, are the guests
Of their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. K
/ E. B. Wallace.
i Miss May Leveritt returned tc
! her home near San Antonio. Mon
day. She was accompanied to
Memphis, by her cousin, Mrs. j.
f. Matthews.
/ Misses Sallie and Fannie Starks
! of Como, were the guests of Mrs.
/ A. A. Young this week. and will
remain in Oxford and vicinity
through the heated season.
! Mr.. and Mrs. j. E. Nelson and
son, David, and Mr.. and Mrs. d.
T. Carter and children left for st.
Louis yesterday. After seeing
the Fair they will spend several
weeks on the Northern lake
shores.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. F. S. Leavell
and daughter, Miss Eta May,
Mr.. and Mrs. Faison Smith, Ed
Smith and Earl Porter left Tues
day for the Worlds Fair.
The Oxford Steam Laundry
will open for business Monday,
Aug. 18th. The management viii
call ON the people right away and
their patronage is earnestly So
licited.
There will be basket picnic at
Antioch Springs, five miles South
of Oxford on Wednesday, Aug.
18th. Everybody is cordially in
Ivited to come and bring a well
filled basket.
Rev. William NJ. Burr and wife
and niece, Miss Lucie Delbridge,
left Tuesday for the Worlds Fair
Miss Delbridge will return to her
home in Greedy, Colo, after at
tending the Fair.
Prof. NJ. H. Perrett, of LaFay-
cite Springs, and Miss Sallie
Webster, of Oxford, were elected
county examiners at recent
meeting of the County School
Board.
Suits have been entered against
the town of Oxford, by Messrs.
E. Sparks, l A. Purvis, and A.
Prewett, on account of what they
claim to be damage done their
property by the sewerage system
of the town.
Mr.. Joe Hamilton, of Taylor's,
and Miss Lille May Ward, of
Water Valley, were united in
marriage Sunday at the residence
of the groom's uncle near Tay-
lor's, Rev. J. W. Field officiating.
The Executive Committee of
| the Board of Trustees of the Uni
versity met Thursday and decided
upon the erection of an addition
to Franklin Hall, and another
boarding house. Mrs. Mamie
Burt and Miss Boggs have been
assigned as matrons of the board
ing halls.
Mrs. t. D. Ragland of our
town, has raised the champion
cabbage Of the season. The cab
bage had 81 distinct heads, and
was a curiosity in its way. This
/ lady also presented us with a 49,
pound cabbage, which proves her
a most successful gardner.
Perry Sealy, a popular young
man of Abbevilie, was inetantly
killed on Monday, August 1st.
The unfortunate young man and
his father and brother were at
work getting out timber, when a
large tree fell upon him, crushing
both limbs. He died soon after the
accident. We extend sympathy
to the deeply bereaved family.
Mr.. W. B. Mcfarland and Mrs.
Flora Brown, both Of Water VAL
ley, were married in that city
Tuesday night at the residence of
Mr.. r. L. d. Stephens, Rev. j..
| E. Hobson officiating. Oxford is
the home town of Mr.. Mcfarland
where he has many friends who
will join US in congratulations to
the happy couple.
Mr.. j. P. Wallace of DeLeon,
Texas, and Mr.. J. c. Wallace of
Ripley, Miss, returned to their
respective homes Tuesday, after
spending a pleasant week with
their brother, Mr., r. E. B. Wal
lace. This is the first visit Mr..
III. p. Wallace has made to the
old home in thirty-six years, and
only few of the friends of his
early manhood were left to greet
him.
The Board of Supervisors have
been in session since the first OF
last week. Owing to the great
amount of work, in the effort to
iequalize taxation, this body has
! continued in session until to-day.
: They have done the best they
could for the good of the people,
and for their faithful service
should receive the gratitude of
an appreciative public.
Al a recent meeting of the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen,
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