Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-05-18
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS

1 vi Mt--l-~iW WVl uts t-eisn tzsflsst ~ larxs-l-
dent olark - fhe state toston cruvr-
en- As~a1iaiien and i being -rnf oar
over the state:
To the Farmers - MisslSsippi.
One - The prime obj.-cts - the
southern Cotton \ As-.k-iaiiou /. The -
curing ~ accurate information a. To
the amount - c,fton planted ami the
coniitiuu - the crop. The farmers are
in a Position "a get this information
more accurately than any oue -ls.s. IL
i essentially uecs-~sary that these re-
| rorf~ h. carres.t Ths--s reports ar. do
sired for our own information n we
dcceivc each other we deceive our
selves. earnestly appeal 10 you 10
forward the-c reports - NJ. A. Fisher,
~.crctary. lsck-on. Miss. NOT later
than IN. 18th Inst. These reports Nil
~ cunpilsi and the state presidents
| Viii ms--t In New Orleans On the Jlth
inst. sn.l wc hupc - gave ;aeSe reports
back io each euputy organization on the
| hrst dav %. tInsi. at 10 O'Clock An
Give ~ a curr,ei r-port and W will re-
turn Il to sou. We AK that you give
"a the acreage In cotton a. compared
with lat wear; when planting was COM
plcted. or II any vet Ia plant. the
amount; also the amount ot fertilizer
u~ssd A. compared with last year. and
the condition of the cotton already up.
Blanks win b. furnished you. aud we
ask that you give u this information
promptly
The Goodyear syndicate. which is
now Operating quite extensively IN this
state, backed BY a capital of ss5.sa.-
80. will build railr,iad direc, from
New Orleans 10 Memphis. coming up
the Pearl river valley 10 jackson and
thence GA a direct northerly line from
/ that city o. the Trunss-..ss metropolis.
biiicni information ot the plans Of the
Gossiy ear syndicate was revealed at the
governors Office last week when a re-
quest was made for the issuanee Of a
| Proclamation incorporating the New
Orleans and Great Northern Railr,ad
Company, with New Orleans and Mem
phis stated a, the terminal points. The
incurpoiaiors st forth in the petition
Tor charter are a. follows: Frank II.
| Goodyear and &. II. t,oodyear ~ Buffa-
Ia. y. Y; Martin +. Oimstead Of Hams
burg. Pa, Charles II. Jones Of Baiti-
| more. Md: I. 4. Euochs Of Jackson.
| Miss: y. j. Pear,ail and G. X Mullins
| Of Louisiana. The New Orleans and
Great NORTHERN Railroad will reach the
Pearl river valley at point At ar near
the town ~ Monticello. and will run
directly mp the valley to Jackson.
In the ca-c of Alex. Grant " the
Nazoo and Mississippi Valley Rnad the
supreme court held that written
| agreement on th. back Of an employees
free pass, stating that the COMPANY l.
NOT liable for damages in csls.. Of per
>1ual injuries. does not bar the en-
ployee from entering suit in ease h., i
injured. Grant received a judgment in
the circuit court of Warren county for
sl,so damages for injuries sustained in
| a wreck on account of defective frog.
| The court al~o sustained the verdict
| giving Tab Black. q tirem1n. s2.O10 for
| injuries sustained while jumping from
his engine 10 escaPe heaI-on collision.
The insurance comp1niez operating
| in Mississippi are beginning to wonder
when they will have a change. Of luck.
l4o--es by hre during the past thirty
| taXs have lssen exceptionally heavy,
| and the underwriting business since
January shows "A heavy percentage Of
los. The Improbable business of the
insurance companies during the first
four months Of the year has been large
ly due 10 the frequent couiiagrations in
small towns. and in each Instance Of
this kind the losses have been excep-
tionally heavy.
Another court 81 eminent domain
will b-e held az ltta Beua to condemn
| certain righi--ot-Wav for th, new Delta
southern Hallway in the southwestern
portion Of Lefore county. The find-
ings 81 this court will virtually settle
the matter uf riehts-of-way. ami the
! contract for the cuust rtietiOn of the new
road will b.s let At Onee. The Delta
southern Will be- built from Itta Bena
via Beizoni and Campb,lisyille to
Greeuville, and viii open up a magnii-
cent timber and agricultural section of
country
DR.. T. G. Parker. president of the
business League. and j. II. Bouslog,
Industrial ami immigration agent Of the
Gulf AMI ship Island Railroad. have
Succeeded in collecting <5.NB a. an in
dusemeut toward making the Missis-
,ippi National Gnani eucampment a
permanent thing for eiulfpurf "
there i an appropriation Of s35.OO
from the government; for the holding Of
the eucstmpnent IL i estimated that in
all there wiH be AZ least s7J.O0 spent
in Gulfport during the encampment.
M. Green, attorney for the New Or
leans and Great Northern Railroad. has
| requested Secretary Of state Power TO
get him our number of certified
copies of the charter Of this road.
| These certified copies are 10 be fled
with the chaucery clerk in each county
| through which the road i to run.
4 4 4 L A
| bad weather in the Brooksville section
| have DELAYED crops badly. There has
'ot been thirty DAYS Of farming wealth.
in the past four months. Some Of
the farmers have not gotten all their
land in planting condition Yet, and the
outlook / at present very gloomy
| The supreme court, in the ease Of the
| Alabama and Nicksburg Railroad vs..
/ tn. Railroad Commission. ordered the
| railroad 10 put in Hat rate on grain
and grain prsiucts Of l-2 cents from
Vieksburg 10 Meridian
The report having been current that
| Bishop Galloway would probably take
up his residence in Nashville, Tenn,
after his election as president Of tho
| board of trustees of Vanderbilt Uni
| NersltN. Dc vas asked about II. and
| stated that he had no intention of
| changing his residence: Il will remain
a citizen Of Jackson and Mississippi
the balance of my life
| Prof. J. c. Hardy, president Missis-
| sippi Agricultural and Mechanical Col
lege, announces that the annual COM
meneement exercises at the college will
1 h.a iuauuuF-atssd IN SUNDAY Tttr.. 4 ara
/ continue until the following Tuesday.
T. z. Ferris died at Macon last week
| after an illness of few DAYS He was
prominent citizen of Macon and Nox-
| ubee county. He had been editor Of
the Macon Beacon since 1859. He was
Confederate veteran. having fought