Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-04-06

Popiarviiie and Lumbsrton have
Joined forces In the boring OF an eight
inch arteSian well and the contract Is
teiuE advertised The people % thnSs
thriving towns will have pur.. drinking
water IN bountifui quantities az any
cost.
Grveuville IS taking on a <rra. deal
ot activity in the eFriy spring months
and will do something during the
present year move Is On foot fn
ereci large rat bniliing the rev
brick plant is IN operation. numbers
Of residences az going up a whole
sale dry =po,ls house IS being organ
ized AMI other enterprises in the Va
ricus stages of naturalization Green
vile is = the heart % the richest sec
tion ~ the world and ihese is every
reason why il should be prosperous
city % ts.r thousand souls.
Paul J. Rainey. the Cleveland Ohio.
miilicnalr. rho mas prcp~r'y Interests
At New AlbanS has recentiy bought a
frame hotel there and will tear Il
down ami erecf q modern .hres-storiet
hotel Jnf busine-s block Mr Bniusy
some four yearS since bought a place
At Cotton Plant. irst north % New
AlhSuy TO le used rs a sumner huEt-
ing lciSr he hecame interested IN
the possibilities ~ large dividends On
Investments in the >ou.h and built al
oil mill a. New Aihany In short
time he sold this property at a hand
some puoft and then built an I'm
proved ComP-ess He also Invested IN
several manufacturing "a erPri-es AZ
- Hh aHa
by building the ci-E ? handsome ha-
tel Al os these Investments arr pay
ing Mr. Rainey satisfactory intsres;
and he is investing more largely every
yea Il is pits tast NOR a. th=
vortevtui possibilities af cur <reat
State we're not kuowu ~ people ia the
North and Fast with money 20 invest
The per cen- ro O. r-ttll hegs ls lar-e.
Is IN exc~ss % the hest that can %
realized In the oid States
The visit ~ Mr william = Curtis.
the rotst nswsraper correspondent ~
Washington 20 Mississippi shouli
prove an event ~ unusual interest aud
result IN SooI 70 the South in general
Mr. Curtis took great pains to earn
OF existing conditions and promises
TO write them fos the powerful syudi-
e1te papers thar hs represents iusr as
Il found them such visits a. thss@
from responsible men. and the attend
ant publicity. will do much to ct the
true condition OF Affairs duWn here
before eur brethren Of ths North and
thereby bring about a mlrh letter m
dersfandinS and feeling between the
srctiouz
Tho reduced showing OF deposits in
4 large number Of Mississippi hanks
does NOT mean that the country IS not
50 prosperous as formerly. bus is On
aceonnt Of a greas ,leaI OF cotton being
held aad lar-e amounts uf capital
being Invested in manufacturing
Large hsnk deposits do not mean
prosperity i1r any one except the
banker particularly IL would b. Tar
better for Mississippi Il the d posits
were invested in legitimate manufac-
turing enterprises TO work the crude
material We have into the finished ar
tiele. l. would b. worth far more TO
the general prosperity OF the state
and its people
The city authorities Of Laurel are
wrestling with tae proposition to pur-
chase the light and water plants OF
thas city 0ith view 70 eheapening
the cost TO users. such action has
recently heen taken by Greenwood.
and majority 81 towns in -he State
and under municipal maua=ement
SIfh good success. The municipal
ownership idea i gaining ground fast
in the South not only in towns. hut
in cities ~ the first class as we'll
Memphis : undergoing the same
trensfcrma;ion. a. veil as Others n
the sams eiass. Laurel is growing
fast sEd &. Is difsealr matter to force
a private concern "a keeP step With
its growth. 20 the proposition is 70
take the plants over and operate them
ly the cit.
The little city q Alderman i b.
coming active in the building of
churches and txo splendid new ones
viii 20 up tnis summer This Is we'll
AMI good Every community saouli
b. well supplied with churches where
the people can woTship according 10
the dictates Of their couscienrs-s and
comfortable and eomm0dious school
buildings where the youngsters can
be properly fitted Tor the battles OF
life Money spent IN good public
means The frss impression a stran-
ger receives from a toEn comes from
tie caurrhes and schools Better
public buildings are the rule in Mis-
sissippi uON.
The charter for Meridian-s half mil
lion dollar Gotten mill has been ap-
proved and recorded Work on the
buildings Will commence in short
time and in few more months the
Queen City OF the Fast viii have
added another immense factory 10 her
already lengthy list Of enterprises
IL nov looks as ii Meridian would be
the Lowell" OF Mississippi IN the xav
Of cotton manufacturing plants. The
mills already there are doing finely
and the citizens are rot afraid 20 risk
their money in another and larger
one.
The negroes OF Mississippi are lerd-
ing substantial aid 10 the movement
for a reduction in cotton acreage
many Of them Joining the movement
and paving their dues. Interest in
the organization seems TO be steadily
increasing instead of dying out. as
predicted 1y some. and II really looks
"a il the farmers Of the South arr
about 10 come to an understanding
whereby their interests can BE- pro-
tected-
Aberviecn has let the contract sor
her new water and sewerage plant.
and II is to be noted that a local man
secured a healthy portion of the JOB.
Too few Mississippi towns have con
tractors eapacitated to handle con
tracts Of this dimension. and Aber-
deem is to be Congratulated upon the
/ fact that a large part OF the work will
he dc-e b. home man