Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-09-07
A PLEA FOR DECENCY
lN JOURNALISM.


lE JOURNALISM.
"Thc stt emeat made a fey
days s-1 by -1e Jack On News 90
the .f"et .hat Brandon had es-
tahllsh,i ret..ato.y quaran-
acai0a, El9rcne .isas 5.ealio as
,ac ,t.ry rs..t-i uv Eta week og
oga about Hood d Fauain.
Brandon l.aa newer thought II
ltarar,nlas n-aigs. Florence.
ino statement f. absurd and TO-
tally ai.hat .ou1 alton. The
people Ht l.1ecrce ar, permitted
q enter Brandon % will without
question. We only have one
aueranuGe c4eer, ara he j. in
-t-uctei - wcc- trains and re-
quiro h4s!.h certificates of tarse
HON ho does net kasw r. be
from my infected points. The
jackson News Is rendering e. e.f
very unpopular here by printing
such .ai eholds. - Brandon News
Aug l7-A, 1893.
THAT TEXT BOOK SENSATION"
when, Oh when, can the peo-
pie Of Mississippi depend on re-
cable news being sent out from.
the capital? Something ofa SEN
sation was start j at Jackson a
few days ago when the report
was sea. out by the correspond
orts 81 outside dailies. as well as
the papers II that place. that the
Text Book Compassion had adopt
ri an arithmetic that contained
examples taat were insulting 10
The South. and stlat these same
books were rejected in the State
II IeXGs. I. wa also stated that
slips Of paper had been pasted
0vtg th.so offensive Examples in
tae specimen books that were ex-
alli-al g. the Commission. These
-a4e reporters made ,hc s;ate-
maa- .aat The Governor could not
afford O. sign tle contract with
-li~ --:a aLl BE true to the inter-
er.s q Mississippi, and So forth
ana sl 0a.
[7w. what f. the outcome of
.he ua-te- IN investigation Of
tie matter alvsi5r that fact that
u. IT, sp-rts were falls. TIE
Ae- Orleans fl-arCEe # July.
--a Lad q make . correction ot
,-- l.r1a 7Ls report Of ia jack
SIN carrl-r nlcct and apologize
loT publishing N un.rutn. 4.
-ys t1as 40 inye iga.ion by that
paper proves that there was 20
basis 80 fac, ioc the statcmcnts
concerning The S5J.hworth- S.Oae
Af.;a@etcs, and regrets that i
cls led inc tAe error 4 publish
iag them Newton County Rec
or-. iuiy gth. 1908.
Editor i-vClirE Star:-Tae ex-
tracts quoted are from the edito-
Rial pages u the Brandon News
aad t-e Newton County Record
Ialy reveal 2 phase e our ma
ti9uai iIfo that is 50 common IN
Is M nifss.aa1as that they pas
Amos. u1aelcal aud never X
el.a surprise.
Is !. Ho. e.ce 10 call 4 hat.
~h7 h1y newspapers huy
,e g - - news they are sap-
posed ~ contain, AID TIC par
eHaslf = q p2H1z . Justified il
res1a1s tie imposition practice
4L ann Ele1 be learas that wHai
= a-a bought Is a9t tie t-uth a,
-, tae eiti varar.ss - &
sensation e al-. ~ tl5 5n,eec
- some 1aaTr9;a.5d CRATER
s-E I1-s 4eF end GDal tie sap
p1Fl 81 tle public ior ihair very
sz.=--Hca AM iae night 81 tx
rlcle, tla Yeus.e thar buys ana
re4-- Tho l1re.s. - have tbs
.fl.,at .1s whole train. and n8.h-
.ne 81. tbs truth mast IL raa5g-
sizeI
T-o Gay has come When news.
papers must live Up % this stan
aaz4. - perish from the face d
tic earth.
There IS - place OF the STAT,
e. any newspaper that lays any
claims u decc1cy Ter the sensa-
sion manufacturer, OF for the
s.-lter or black-mailer.
Tie CRATER is ready to boost
any enterprise. however ques
ti0nable. il :, vii but pay tribute
toAim; and &c Is even more WILL
iag - knock" indeed, he seems
- take a malevoient delight II
knocking any enterprise or in.
st,-atiGa, however reputable /,
nay b, Il 1t resists his attempts
. levy b.Gekmail on It. Above
al, tie CRATER must 20.
PRO BONO PUBLIcO.