Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-05-11

While there are people who will dis /
sent from this opinion. il Is a fact |
that the Mississippi Railroad Commits
sion. hy It's lrisriiliress 20 Mississippi |
industries. IS effectively aiding the IS
tabiishmcnt OF factories - supply the /
needs of our State. Reference is made /
TO the rate On machinery u1anufac-
tured NJ Corinth and shipped to other |
points 10 the state. and other matters |
~ a Ike nature Tie commission Is /
showing a commendahie spirit towards |
cur homo manufacturers and one that |
is attracting attention abroad A |
large concern is now arranging to |
place plant of considerable size In |
Jackson for the purpose of distribut
ing To tnc MisstssIppi territory ON ac. /
count nf the rates pur iu force and |
the protection offered by the Railroad |
Commi sion. 81 long as the article |
is manufacturer In Mississippi OF the |
disfritusicn Is r-ade fruni n point ia /
this Stafc. the cumm isSian Re In n Pr |
sitiun to do excellent service AMI is
doing IT, OF course. shipments uri~i- !
Mating from outside the State. or on I
rehiliing PRIVILEGES FROM points IN the 1
state. with t1c original outsisie the /
commission is pnweTiess The pro
tection ~ our home industries hy the |
commission siuu.d he appreciated /
and proper crciit riven-
After a long drawn ont a-ht bv
the travelling mcn Of the STATE and |
the Jackson Board ~ Tradc. the Rail |
ruad Commission has ordered e union I
station commensurate with the uaeis /
uf the city constructed Tlis viii BE-
euod news tn a large number 90 poo
pie from every section of tine state
vLo hlve business IN Jackson and /
have had OBJ cpntend with the mad
eguate facilities Afforded.
Work of construction has bc~un on
an extension - the y. A. O-s branch /
10 Nardam-a. tn a point tan miles
west. whica wui o. called Calhoun /
Cuy Only saurt time wil De re
guired to push this extension through
when L Is believed that another e2-
tension will be made ami an eventual
junction with the itfaheaa branch of
fected. These lines will Opeu up a
fertile section Of country.
The weather has been very uafavo--
GUAr AHf EA4AAAAt- Tie ttAAaHA ANa AtAaA
ia is safe 70 estimate thai -ta =
will be even more greatly reduced
than at first contemplated. Very lit
tie cotton has been planted and
considerable amount of the cuntem-
I p'ated acreage Will be put In corn and
other products. Trucking has also
suffered and the berry crop which was
. just being taken OF IS damaged to n
considerable extent
Some two months since the writer
/ called especial attention 70 the fact
/ that Mississippi stuud very much IN
/ need of a medical co lese. where the
/ Young men could receive training for
+ this profession Since that time the
I state Medical Association has held It's
annual meeting and this ma ter was
+ an important part OF the proceedings
/ The proposition was not only en-
dorsed. but a unanimous vote revealed
/ the fact that the association favored
/ the establishment OF sueh 4 college.
/ and the legislature was memoriaiized
Ia appropriate 100000 for the pur
/ pose Of building a charity hospital.
I which il one OF the necessary adjuncfs
to such an institution The hospital
as recommended is an absolute nsCes
| sity. at present those desiring aften-
ton being sent to Louisiana and Ten
I nessee. Il is not right for this burden
/ to be shifted to eur sister States. Mis-
sissippi should be too proud To accept
such couFtesies. even If they were
/ granted unhegrudsingiy. which they
I are not az al times. Build the hos
/ pital and then establish the college
Five hundred and sixty-one young men
I from Mississippi we're educated in
medicine in other States last year.
!
The prosperity of Mississippi is at
| tracing hordes OF adventures and
confidence men 10 the State, as has
| been the case everywhere when pay
dirt has been struck They come in
every imaginable disguise and the
man who misses them all is fortunate
/ indeed. Articles OF household neces-
sity are peddled at enormous prices,
fake nostrums are sold To ignorant
/ people at fabulous prices, bogus his
torical and biographical works sold TO
I those with an abaormalIy developed
bump Of vanity at prices that would
make a sane man shudder. \ safe
plan is to buy what is necessary from
home people with whom you are ac-
I quainted, and let the others severely
alone.
The Atlanta Constitution has the
! following To say OF the wonderful
/ progress being made by Mississippi:
More miles of railroad have been
/ built IN Mississippi during the past
year than in any other State. The
towns and cities of that State have
/ shown the most remarkable increase
I in population. and her agricultural in
terests have prospered corresponding
I ly.
Mississippi has led the other States
OF the South in educational expendi
I lures for many years. Much
! OF this money has been invested in in
dustrial and agricultural training.
thfough the medium of several -four
/ isking colleges and numerous agricul-
tural experimental stations. These
have prepared the young men of that
commonwealth for the work of devel-
oping the wonderful latent resources
OF that section"
Hazlehurst has been shipping CON
siderable quantities Of truck and the
season IS youay vet. Tn 10 the eIth
fully 1850 bnsheis of green peas had
been shipped and the crop was not
/ nearly exhausted Some OF the grow
ers had sold more than SEQ worth to
the acre. Beans and cabbage viii be
on the market in n few days and later
viii come other products. After the
/ truck Is OF corn and cotton will be
planted and a good crop realized
| What country in the world offers
greater Inducements than this OF ourss
Let the world know OF the good things
we rcssess anil the development viii
be Ee..s<sal "a behold