Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-03-03

Remember that the tickets fol
Miss Alexander's entertainment
will be on aale tomorrow mornir
at 8 o'clock sharp, at the Oxfol
Pharmacy. Reserved seats Toe.
General admission 10 cents.
Miss Augusta MONTGOMERY has
returned from Louisville, where
she has spent the past few months
selecting and trimming Spring
and Summer hats for Harris &
Yates.
Hon. II. A. Montgomery and
bride have returned from their
bridal tour through the North
and East, and will be the guests
of Mrs. BEN Price for several
weeks
Our town is to be congratulated
upon the excellent condition OF
streets, although the most trying
season Of the year upon roadways
is at hand. Driving is posi-
bility and delight, as it has been,
most of the winter.
Tickets for the Alexander Re-
citalIto take place next Saturday
night, March 18th, will be placed
on sale tomorrow morning. Don't
fail to secure seats in time, and
spend a delightful evening.
Mrs. e. II. Starzinger rendered
"a delightful reception Saturday
night, complimentary to these
who took part in the Song Ser
vice in the Methodist Church last
Sunday night. Delicious refresh
ments were served.
Miss s. McGhee Isom is max
ing preparations to give Julius
Ceaser," by her pupils of the
University about April 8th. Miss
Isom's former Shakesprean reci-
tails have been SO successful that
all will look forward to the pro-
posed entertainment with pleas
ant anticipation.
Miss Victoria Walton will leave
tomorrow for New York, from
which place she viii sail for the
Holy Land with the delegates to
the Worlds Sunday School Con-
vention to be held in Jersalem in
April. Miss Walton will spend
several months travelling in
Europe.
Considerable excitement was
caused Saturday by the alarm
being given that an out building
was on fire at the Woman's Col
lege. The fire company started
for the fire, but the flames were
extinguished before they arrived,
Only slight damage was done te
the coal and wood house.
State Auditor 7. M. Henry i;
now making the January distri'
button Of the common school func
1888, $50. "a. Of this amonn
Lafayette county gets S10,373.78
Oxford as a separate school dis
trict gets S894.57. This does no
Include the poll tax which is now
retained in the county in which
it is collected as a county com
man school fund.-
The Daughters of the American
Revolution viii meet at the resi-
dence of Mrs. r. NJ. Leavell at {
O'Clock tomorrow. The meeting
was postponed from Saturday or
account of the illness of some o.
the members. at the meeting
tomorrow Friday, officers will be
elected. and important business
matters transacted. All member.
are urged to be present and cas-
their votes.
Miss Alexander is not one o.
those cut-and-dried dramatic
readers who have learned every
gesture and every voice infection
from teacher who has laugh
others the same gestures and in
flections until. they are all alike
Miss Alexander gives "darky
/ representations, and though sht
does not appear in "black face
and costume, the effect Is the
lsame-the negro character seem:
to live and breathe before tn,
audience.-The Alameda, (Cal..
Iidings.
/ Miss Clara Alexander, tn,
gifted Virginia girl, who ha,
taken cultivated San Francisco,
I Los Ans acs, Oakland and Other
Western cities by storm by he
iniil;tAble representations OF ths
I Southern negro, and who hai
been invited by King Edward t
appear before the English roya
| family, viii pass through Mem
lphis on her way to Europe an,
give an entertainment here. Mis-
Alexander's entertainments ar
unique. There is no resort t
burnt cork, no tricks to deceiv
! the eye or cheat the brain. He
| success is due to her perfect un
| Outstanding Of the negro as
psychological and economic prob
lem. and her presentation is clea
/ cut. One leaves her aith enlarg
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