Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-12-14

A-itats-d- IL has been shown that tho
companies doing business are likely
solvent AMI able 20 pay every dosar
E prumiss,l on III. fsce ~ tn. policy. and
fs~ E-rapis doaat this. but thsrs 10
s.urrething rurc cpgBing to policy bold
7 err 1.-THE Affairs arr property cuudurtesi-
{ last year. Tor in-tans7e. three milllor
dollars Va paid IN premiums AMI only
one million received im return Thi.
E leaves two million held in trti-, foe our
benefit What assurance. have w.. tha,
Cne cent ofthis amount - in D. rrturns,if
An organization of policyholders could
devise means to secure representation
I IN the business meetings of the big
I concerns. and a. lsast learn soul.fhin.
OF What i being done with our millions
We are pourinr in there every wear.
tommiS-ionsr ok ot Teun.sS-.ss. 10
correct ia the demand that his p..oule
have representation and has taken steps
to sse that they g~s IT, Other states
are Follow lug thu sarrne eour>is AMI Il /.
{ Incumt-.1t upon Mississippi 20 fall into
line When our paupi. h.es-une ar,iuS.,f
T TO the necessify - taxing som. action
tn protect their interests, then will they
take action DDn't let Mississippi bs
I the last state TO furnish ait in the
great movement 70 cuSs th0-.s in ars-
'horIty who have for wears b..en using
our money in numeruus vays that
amount to no,hing more or lsSs than
] theft or robbery. NOE i the tinlss SOC
l action
The WinunA Times makes rss-orsi %
4 gentleman -ixty-txo years Old who
this year raised On eight acrps Of land
10 bushels OF good curn. thre., bal..s q
eottou- la bushels of sweet potatoes
ami enough PEANUTS TO fsfien four
hogs Beside b. spl,i from his garden
$500 worth " vegetables ami kept a
Ereat abundance for his own use. lie
hired uO help. was not rushed at any
time AMI heels that be had A. good and
easy time ~ any otse conld have - -
employed. He i a stron- aalvn.-Ars. u
diversified farming and fully believes
that we have the Ss-St c0untrv Under
the sCn- His name i Hiram Young
AMI he lives AZ stewart. Miss Pnrti.-,
, writing him will - prurnptIv ansxere.
With full particularsss Ia VIA. a man
who i willing to try can do in Mis>is-
sippL We need a whol, Iot Ike him
who are anxious % tell their friends
u the ulany sood things in Srors. foe
tho-e VIA 20 after Il in our .zrea. scuE-
try
W. j. TltErrru.,risi- Iiviu.. near Winsr,a.
recently brouxht 10 that city a wa-Ua
load of spienslsi tErnips. sweet posato..s,
Irish potatoes. beans. Ouious. mustard,
raadishszs. cabbage, lstturs and other
daintieS ~ fresh and tender A. in the
spring tine OF course Mr. Thurusonsl
found 10 difsculry in dispo-in- OF his
ssosS AZ remarkably good prisreS- liz
: stated that he drove 4 pair of fn.s
horses 20 the wagon that we're raised in
Mississippi - Il the wagon ard har-
n@ss was also made here. Mr. Thur
moui i --Greatsr Missis-E puian- n
every sens.e Of the worti No coantry
under the sun j. more favored than
ours. and Just such o.s-asioas a. th..
State Fair Iu>f held AMI the attendant
train loads of honessek.rs will brin.
the facts before = multitude OF <oo.i
people who will hasten 70 take adyan-
tage OF what we have to offer.
Aberdeen i To have a s5a.0sjo furni- |
ture factory At an early dly. The plan;
was secured by the Business League
and Is only one OF the many good works
accomplished by that organization G. |
| W. Young. of New Albany. one OF the |
best business men Of the State. and in |
terested in the manufacture OF furni- |
ture, will he at the head Of the enter |
prise. Mississippi should at least man
ufacture the furniture used within her |
borders.
The Newton Industrial League i ne
gotiating for the location of an i'm
men>e lumber plant that will cost in the |
neighborhood of two million dollars and |
will employ about 80 hands. The |
prospect for the location OF the plant Is
said 10 be excellent, although pretty |
stiff donation of land and money is |
asked The business people ara inves- |
tigating the proposition, and il il Is |
found 20 be worth tine price asked there |
i no doubt OF their putting il up. II |
would almost double the population OF
that excellent town in twelve months |
The Christmas holidays will soon be
with Us. Prepare To celebrate them in |
an Appropriate manner. not by filling
up with bad whisky and getting into
trouble yourself A. well a. bringing
trouble upon innocent relatives and
friends. Try 10 make every one with |
whom YOU eOme in oontac, feel better
from having met YOU
The Government report on cotton,
showing the crop 10 be but little more
than ten million bales. caused the price |
to take an upward shoot of one and |
one-half cents with an active demand |
and a strong market- This meant many
million dollars in the pockets of Missis- |
sippians, and Is nothing more than what |
rightfully belongs 10 them
The movement TO give an enormous |
, tri-stafe fair in Memphis next fall il |
progressing nicely. One hundred thou
sand dollars will De expended in per-
manent buildings and the States of Mis- |
sissippi, Arkansas and Tennessee viii |
be invited to participate.
The Daughters Of the Confederaey oi |
Jackson are getting up great hamper |
basket of preserves. pickles, cakes and |
other good things to send TO the Sol |
diers' Home at Beauvoir for their |
Christmas dinner. and the call fog |
dainries is being responded TO promptly |
and literally
The Tansy Island Hunting Club, an |
organization composed of the business |
and professional men of Woodville, |
held its first annual hunt recently and |
on the first night the game hooks con-
tanned three fine bucks, two turkeys,
six ducks, twenty-four partrieses and 4 |
number OF squirrels and opossuns. A |
wildcat weighing forty pounds and one
fox were also in the list of trophies
That is NOT q bad record for one DAYS |
hunting and the members of the club |
stamp themselves as game sportsmen |
with the tact and persistence that al |
ways wins