Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-07-20

The period Of exchange or school
books has been made to run tv,. years
from date OF signing contract. rhich
will be about July q 10. The book
concerns protested against this clause
In their contract. but we're compelled
T. accept Il. So this gives the people
OF the State ample time In which to
make the exchanges Remember this
ami do not b. impDsea aDoa II the priv.
ilege is denied you. ~ is intlmstet
! tnat possibly the book concerns will
attempt to reruire a Certificate. to be
inserted in each old hsok offered for
exchange. sttesting thar the bsos vas
used by the child offering u in the pub
fc schools during the preceding year.
There Is no icgality tn such a demand.
and the rcnp's are azain warned
against suc1 an act a. this. Rcmem-
Der these matters. and II exchange Is
refused you on either ground. write
the editor of this department who will
take Pleasure in having the wrong cor
rccted
CATION Of the pecan have been ehar.
tered in the state during the rast two
weeks. One 90 thee was az Pasea-
eoula. with capital of $50 0ao and
the other al Gufport with a ca,,iral
of st"."oe Ii Is gratifying sndeec. 10
see money being invested in cnr..
psnies for t1e purpose Of maxim: the
land of our State produce something.
instead Of Investing II all in bank
stock. There are great opportunities
for making dividends for the investor
IN planting companies. o. we'll - 40
ing good for the whole country. A
number of cotton painting ecrcerns
have been organized. and not few
strawberry and trucking associations.
These movements mean mucl for cur
State in the future
Last year a quarter Of an acre in
peach trees yielded a clear proht II
over $500 10 a Clay county man and
tais year. with especially unisyorabic
conditions. he expects 10 get over 500
in profit. How much would thar piece
of dirt have brought him II planted in
cotton:
Clay county claims to be the banner
rural free delivery county OF the state.
having eleven in operation at present.
and the claim has not been denied as
yet The roads up in that section of
the State are pretty good. which has
good deal to do with the establish
ment of free delivery routes. This
same item should encourage the build.
ing Of good roads in every county.
There are NAM other good things that
will naturally follow the improving of
! the public highways.
Laurel has issued $4,000 in bonds
for the purpose Of erecting an addi-
tional school building The pIennn.
enal growth OF that cifs is something
wonderful. and it is a source of sfaii-
ficstiOn To those who are believers in
Greater Mississippi.
Rev. W. l.. Linfield. of Waynesboro,
picked an apple from his orchard re-
Gently that weighed nineteen ounces.
II was a variety known as the TWEEN
ty-ounce pipkin." This is straw to
prove that If as much attention was
given the growing of apples as peaches,
our country would soon be in tle fore
front as an apple producing section.
Ineianola now has .ss3 Inhabitants.
as shown by census just taken By
the city authorities This is a phe-
nomenal increase over the number
shown by the census taken by Uncle
Sam in 1900 Nav that number be
doubled and trebled by the time the
: 90 fu =
The little city of MendenhalI. in
Simpson county. is not at all discour-
aged by the loss OF the courthouse. as
recently decided by the Supreme
Court. but is forging ahead as usual.
A splendid school building will be
erected this fall. and many other evi-
dences Of progress arc reported II
hopes to get another election ordered
and secure the county sits, anyway.
The citizens are very progressive and
wide-awake
Verona. in Lee county. gave a picnic
on the 18th and called il ed RUSSELL
,lav. In honor Of Col. E l.. Russell vice
president of the Mobile & Ohio Rail-
, road. who was the guest of honor on
that occasion. Col Russell was an
old-time resident of Verona. and the
good people Of that community de
light 10 honor him
Friars Point has CROPPED in the dark
long enough. and the Board OF Alder.
men will arrange to give the town q
system of electric lights, preliminary
steps to that effect having been taken.
Bonds are to be issued for the pur-
pose. and first-class system will be
installed
The summer races at West Point
were a success. and the mention OF
the promoters is TO make the occasion
into a regular county fair. No better
investment could be made by the good
people OF West Point
Speaking of enforcing the law. .
Water Valley judge fined a pian $500
liquor without a license. That IS the
best way to enforce the Law. Pu; On
the limit and never compromise. Mis-
sissippi must be the banner igw-abid-
ahe 1tctt VI thr tnfois tnN NtA-
forcement by those In authority will
bring about this state OF affairs sooner
than any other course Of action. Every
citizen should aid ,he osfce-s in en-
forcing the law TO the letter. II il q
duty they owe themselves, their fam
lilies and the country.
Superintendent of Education c. 8.
North. OF Kinds county, received 100
fig cuttings from California in the win
ter and planted them in nursery rows
in his garden. Ninety-seyen of the
number lived. and some of them have
shown a growth OF three feet in height
and are full OF figs ranging in size from
a pea to a fuli-grown plum. Figs do
well In this section. and they might
be raised with profit But little time
Is required for the bushes to get large