Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-12-14
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS
Coates. Over Convict cousr.<.

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Bayou plantation. t-eiocSins - STATE
>enatOr NcLaurin- Tbs artiou sas
taken aftsr a ma aiority cf ,h.s hsarl had
votesi io accept the proposition made hy
SENATOR NcrAurin fo pay thss STATE s.si.
oo year Tor workin- his pia-e. The
governor prote~ted against this acriaSu.
claiming that the board of cunfrol bad
no authority under the law to ls1se any
place or wOrx any couvicts on any bat
the states lands Comnissiouer Nc<air
voted with the governor. hut Attorney
t,eusr1l Williams and Ccrunis-iuu..rs
Bradley ami kinranroa voted for the
tea>e- The writ % injunction was -
sIl.s4 ~ Chsef Jsntie.s WhitEisli. h4It H.
~ss nos served until after the naaiprify
members AMI >-enator NeIAurin bad
signed up the papers \ fight IN the
courts will follow.
There are about 100 acres in tn.
oansiy baycu plantation. AMI it taSes -
or - cunvicts to work IL.
The biggest and strongest AMI com
pany in the state i in course cf torrna-
lion in Jackson. and will be organized
and begin active business the lst Of
January. The eompany i 10 b. formed
by home and Eastern capital. Of whieh
there will be an unlimited supply. -
that the very largest tracts of pine and
delta lansis may Be bought fcr cash AMI
sold on time payments. The COMPANY
has already purchased 3;S.elo acres %
pine and hardwood timber lands. an,i
by the first of the year will b. ready
;1r the biggest business in that line IN
the state
There were LIZ narres on the State.
prison rulls on Nov. 5D. q gain IT thir-
teen over the mouth previous. During
the mOuth of November txenty-dva
were discharged: there was one death.
two parsions ami two escapes. 4 death
rate 81 one tor more than Loo speaks
veil for the management of the Mis>is-
sippi convict farms. and il l. doubtful
II there i another state in the L UniOn
that can make such n showing.
A citizen of tie Delta country has
written the railroad commission 10
know whether or not the railroads have
a right TO charge 4 cents fare where the
passenger does not have a ticket That
has been the impression for some years.
The commission insists on il. and so du
the railroad companies. The idea i IA
encourage passengers 10 pay their
money 10 the company agents and not
10 the eonductors. the latter obiecting
10 being hokhered with cash fAre.l
IIuderriale cuunty citizens we're the
winners cf neariy all the first prizs.s
offered n the Jackson fair for POLAND
China and Berkshire hogs and Piy-
mouih Rock chickens ". < Whit.
OF Zero entered six Polansi-Chinas and
carried Of six blue ribbons. and his ouc
Plymouth kDck entry secured the bouus
and the ribdon- ~ H. Harrington Of
Dalsyllle entered ave Berkshires and
recr1resi four ir-e aaasi --s-e-,-i p~s-s-
J. p. Sale has been found not guilty
Of the charge % numbering J. Il. Bel.
This brings 20 n cl.o-.s onss Of the NOS.
important criminal cases ever hear,i in
this STATE. sale and Bel met oue af-
terloou last July. On the streets Of
Ahsrleen and engaged in 4 pistol duel.
in which Bell vas killed and sale
wounded- The trouble WAS the out
coCne q business correspondence b.
tween Sales mother and Bell involving
the rental Of n house Bosh families
are exceedingly proninen. ard wealthy
The dead body Of a weIl-dressssi man
of - or % years Of age was found 90
the public highway near Gloster. On
the dead man were found letters AL
dressed 10 Rev John Moody and mail
ed at O,als. North Carolina Other
letters bear recommendations frusn the
pastor Of the Baptist Church at ocala.
stating that Rev. Moody was = minister
in good st1nding. The dead man wore
a Confederate badge. The remains
were Inferred in the Baptist cemetery
at Gloster. members % that eongrega-
tion taking charge Of the funeral ar
r2ngements-
Will Horn was convicted At Gulfpor'
Of Hattiesburg.
One of the saidest tragedies in the
history of Arcola occurred in the
family of Mr. and Mrs Robert Poague,
when their little 9month-old boy met
an untimely death from the explosion
of lamp. Mrs Poague lighted the
lamp and placed il on the machine, and
stepped out of the RON for = moment,
when the little fellow. trying to pull up
by the scarf covering the machine, up
set the lamp with the above result.
Representative Gambler of Mississippi
has introduced bill in congress in aid
OF the common schools in Mississippi
This bill provides that all public land
in the State shall be disposed of by sale
under laws to b. enacted by the legis-
lature of Mississippi and the proceeds
to be used for the common schools of
the State.
Lewis Scott, \ desperate negro, was
lynched near Cleveland last week He
of obtaining goods under false pre-
lenses and shooting an officer when .
mob overpowered the officers, took the
prisoner from them and hung him.
New Hope Presbytery OF the Cum
berland Presbyterian Church. embrac-
ing a number Of East Mississippi coun-
ties, convened at Ackerman with about
thirty-five ministers and laymen in at
tendance
The governor has offered a reward of
$50 for the arrest and conviction of
Rufus Ousley, the Attala county negro
who killed Lucius Love. a white man.
near Shrock, recently. The negro is
feet ii or l. inches high, weighs los or
lI5 pounds, is about % years of age,
clean shaven, small mustache. dark
ginger-cake color, wears No. 9 shoe, an
agreeable negro. and always smiling.
4 cotton seed war has developed at
Meridian through the intrusion Of an
outside buyer. who offered one dollar
per ton more than the local mills were
paying An advance from sl4 to sl6
followed.
The Mobile. jackson and Kansas City
railroad proposed to establish a large
sawmill and lumber plant at Newton il
the people would put up bonus of 3d.
OO0. At a mass meeting OF citizens
something like 0,000 was subscribed
and plans perfected for securing the
balance of the sum desired. The plant
IS to be one OF the larges. in the State.
and viii employ something like 500
people and have pay roll of about