Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-04-21

but at the same time he is due some
thing to others as we'll The man
who comes to cross into the great be-
yond without having performed some
service for his fellow man, or helped
to make his country better, If he wears
a crown at all, it will certainly be
starless one. 1t is encumbent upon
all men to use every energy and talent
possessed where it will do the greatest
good to the greatest number. In our
beloved State there Is a great work to
perform in the way of developing re-
sources and providing factories 10
work the crude material that is SO
abundant in almost every section
The cry is for men who will take hold
and put into operation plans for doing
this work so that the whole beneht
will remain with us here in the State
For too long have we sent our crude
material to New England to have 1t
worked and then shipped back to our
people for consumption. We are the
producer and user of cotton goods,
and strange to say, until WITHIN the
past few years there have been but
few factories in the South that at
tempted to manufacture cotton into
cloth A change is taking place, and
the results sure to follow Will no
doubt give great stimulus to in
creased effort in the future. 1t is in
cumbent on our people to give all en-
couragement possible to the establish
ment of factories of all kinds that Will
manufacture the crude material found
here. 1t is duty that should be per-
formed with obligations as binding as
to church or State. To induce capital
from outside sources to come IN ana
help in this great work of development
we must show willingness ourselves
to help. Capital is generally timld to
venture in where home money is shy
of being put out Show the faith you
have in your own country by investing
in the many good things that will be
offered during the coming year and the
result will be all that could be wished
for. Having performed this duty as 1t
should be, life will be better worth
living and death much easier to face.
Mississinpians must face the situation
In the proper spirit and the period OF
prosperity to follow the doing of our
whole duty will never have known a
parallel in the history of these United
States, Make up your mind to act
upon tHtSSs SuSSCSliOhS iSiiN ~ NNN
let the good work commence before
the sun goes down upon another mis-
spent day
Do the people of Mississippi realize
what the building of an lsthmian canal
will mean to the State? Had they
thought of the prominent position the
State would occupy at the completion
of this project with regard to the rest
of the country? Possibly not. but II
will be worth millions upon millions OF
dollars to them. The elimination OF
this project will build up the entire
State, and more especially, the coast
country. This is true also OF all gull
States. Cities will spring up as II by
magic and the trend OF commerce tnls
way will stagger the ordinary mind TO
conceive. The gulf States will be the
gateway to millions of people who VIII
use our products. Factories Will build
along our coast to work material here
tofore considered as useless. TO emu
merate the advantages would be TOO
big Job in one column, but sufhce IL
to say, no section of the great United
States would be benefited as the gulf
States. Then we may hope that no OBJ
stacle will be thrown in the way or
the government in bringing about the
consummatfon OF this immense pro-
feet.
Aberdeen will have an excelsior fac
tory as soon as the machinery can be
Installed The plant will turn out
something like a car of excelsior
every day and will employ twenty-five
hands. The crude material to be used.
will be chiefly old field pines. This is
something of an innovation in the way
of a factory for this State. And to
think, the excelsior will he manufac-
tured from old field pines, thousands
upon thousands CT acres of which
abound in the State and have hereto
fore been considered worthless, even
for wood. If these pines can be made
of use. and no doubt they can, there is
plenty of material here to run an hun
dred factories for a thousand years.
The man who can find use for old
field pines and make them worth
something TO owners of land encum-
bered with them, is truly benefactor
of his race.
The newspapers over the-State have
been after the members of the senate
for voting to themselves the chairs
and desks used during the recent ses-
sion for 81 each when the chairs cost
s4 each within the last few months.
The house chairs were old ones and
with the desks were not worth more
than paid for them With the senate,
however it was different One sena-
tor a few DAYS since came up and paid
the 81 that his chair cost and cleared
his skirts of the charge. 1t is likely
that the senators acted upon the pre-
cedent set by the house without con-
sidering the difference which existed
between the worth Of furniture used
bv the two bodies. All of them will
likely pay the difference and set the
matter straight
There is enough good clay in the
State to make all the pottery and semi
porcelain ware that will be used in
the country for several years. Some
man with an eye for good thing will
find it out some of these days and reap
a fortune from it. Then We will all
want to hire patent kicker for per-
eonal use because we didn't get onto
II ourselves.
A seven million dollar railroad and
a million dollar numbering concern
were organized in the state last week.
They now get up into the millions
with great frequency.
Pamela county also has indications
of oil and stock company is being or
ganized to prospect for the same. 1t
Is in the oil line that reaches from
the West Virginia field TO the Beau
mont region and who dares to say
that they will not be successful In
finding it?
Jackson anticipates the greatest pc
riod of prosperity in her history just
now beginning. Several large Office
and mercantile buildings have been
contracted for to be built this sum-
mer.. the electric road to Vicksburg
and numerous other enterprises are on