Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-11-16
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS

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Walter Clark. president of the Ms
sissippi division Of the southern Cot
ton Association. gives out the folio~in<
circul.- letter.
To the People % Mississippi.
II feel quite sure that al fsir~tcinsi-l
men viii agree with nse that the SOUTH
ern Cotton Association has xccomplisk-
ed some go.Dd. That much morr goo.i
can b. accomplished by better crsani-
ration feel assured I feel IL absolute
ly Necessary that we 20 to work and
bring about a more conplese cr<autzs-
tiou. and ask the p--opi.e cf every
coanty in Mississippi to send their
counfy president and secrctarv. o. a.
les>t two representatives. TO meet wtth
the executive cbmuiftee az Jackson on
Nov. - AMI - The meeting viii he
called to order prvmptly Al 10 o'cicc<.
aAn-- on Nov ~ In the hou>e of rep-,-
sentarivesN should ak<o like 20 have
IN this great work to attend and give
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idea in calling this meeting i ,o Gun
slider carefully this organization from
| every standpoint. and Ia devise uays
and means tor better organiraficn and
more deinite purposes. IL wtil b-s
nece~-ary that each county paw n. ex-
p-en>e~ of its own representatives \
few dollars expended AMI few DAYS
spss of time shoai not prevent vOur
attending. ! cou-isier this m.setin- u
vital Importance To you Your pre-
euce viii b. xorrh a great deal TO ali 20
u. and want You to cori.e. not With
the dea ~ 4 froiir. but With the iaeaos
two days hard xork-
Less than thirteen nouths a-so the
village Of Stur-is. in Oktibtseha county.
betx-sn ssarxville and Aekerrnan. was
wiped cut By fire. rothing being left 70
marx the spot except the smolierin<
ashes and one ionrly store- In ls-~s
time than two hours ssa.aso worth q
prvperty was consumed. with oriy
$3.50 Insurance 10 cover the los This
calamity Nould have dishearrere~i p..s-
| pie of les erergy and determination.
but n.pt - With the merchants Of Sur
l -i>. Tciav where III. old. dilaphi1fe.l
buildings stood. twenty nes brick AMI
uosi-rn wooden buildings stand. well
appoint..d for their business. xirh invit-
iny plate glass fronts. B~sore the IRE
the weary pedestrians hasi t0 wade the
mud in winter and the dust and sau.i in
summer. but not ~ nos. They have
graded the streees. puf in gos-i side
walks and have made the little pisce
luck like q city
Dr. - g. Rurker. of Biuf. = the
owner of -1-n. very interesting relies
dug frum the grave II an Indian in the
T4liNhafchie hills The grave "a A.
eisientzliy di-covers,i a. III. result -
hogs rootirg up the ground ami bring
ing ~ the top -Og1e old sps-rnS. Fur
ther digging b-uuEht To light the -sel-
etou and -ss,e more spcou>. boxi- n
huttle and brass KEITH IN. hcnes
we're 50 odd ~ 10 b. easily crtzsh.-i n
the kand- The ho4l : IN airso-t 2er-
f~cf curs1ifiou- which l. an unusual
thing fur bo~ls u this kind ami axe
The cs,loring i VERY strange. but h-aa-
tif1l The bottle : rnasi- of s2rx-coi-
cred glass; and = zlu1us< unbrszxznle
On s.rrOunr of fhieknsss-
An Eastern cotton factory has ex-
pre-ssed 4 desire % Eet IN Jarx-uu. AMI
the cify : zoin< 20 h-s a>.ed Ia take .
sufficient azscunt of stor< 10 bring IL
The sartory : thres-hunzsrszs-ssnila- ar
cOus1srn- ansi the oxnsrs are xnxials to
get their plant down in The vicinity %
the cotton PATCHES 4 sreat many
have ALREADY done. AEsi A. mznv nore
are goIn- 20 have "a do in the courss of
time The city of J1ezson has great
many factories of one kind AMI aEotAer.
bct ID cotton mill. and that / whaf i
believed 10 D. nesaessary 10 put the old
town on the real high rSaai "a Prus-
Perify-
Senator McI.aurin OF SharSey AMI
senator DulAney Of Issa9uenz declare
the cotton crop in the delta i Oaly =,
per cent Of what il was lass year. and
On many tine farms the crop amounts Ia
nothing. Ths-se gentlemen are two OF
the larges. planters in the delta
| The board of supervisors Of Coahoxna
county have let the eourract fnr TN.
construction OF steel brifze over sun
flower river between ClarS~iale and
Friars Point This / the seoonG steel
bridge for which ccntracr has been let
within the past few months
The police Of Jackson have BEEN Civ
ing the blind tigers genuine shaking
I'd recently. And several of them. white
and black men and sornen- have been
fned a. mus-h a. 80 and the cus-s. Il
seems 10 be impossible to break Up the
tiger dens- their profits being 80 large.
bat life = being n1asie q burieu to -szn..
Os them. and they Gs-clAre thsN arr d0ns.
| xirh the business Some feN ct tbe
Older &ni ~-roc-er oue> have been
--puIlesl- and fnes. - many times that
they have groxn 1~ei TO the s-eiln-.
.nd hzrcened 10 the crime. - thar an
arrziynEnenr befoxe the courts has no
terrors for them
The folloxiry Subscriptions fO the 81
yer service fund bring r1i><si hx the
governor were sent in ia-r week Pre>l-
dent Spencer Ses-pni Nlnse-Prss-tzsssr rs
Finley and V5es-Presislenf REsssel cf
the Mobile and Ohio and u the >s59-h-
err RAILWAYS sleo each the Nissss-
<iDpi Home Insurance Company ot
vicxsburg. slgs- the Meridian FeEriE-
izer Couluzny Of .fertdiar. s-5c Mrs.
I'd Kahn Of Meridian. s.
Ger Robert Lcsry. eommansiin- th-
Mississippi diyisi1n. United Confssi-r-
ate veterans. has tSs1ssi a1 or1l-r n
hold the annual state Reunion IN Jarx-
sBr Ou Nov - and -. and ASSURES al
who NAV attend CORDIAL welco11s xn4.
hospirable treatment
Work Is now IN progress on the res
Mobile and Ohio bridge over the Tom
bigbee Al Columbus. The imm-rS.
amount Of business that the Nooil..
and Ohio Is forced 10 handle over the
their Montgomery division- all Of which
passes through Columbus. has rendered
new bridge imperative. and the on
cials OF the road decided upon the e-ec-
tion of \ new bridge instead OF making
repairs On the structure ncw N uSe
The governor has issued prseiaGna.
tion urging district ATTORNEYS and other
officers of the State 10 vigorously en-
force the Laws which are being violated
By the whisky men By shipping G. q.
d packages into the State