Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-07-13
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS

sionar v T.. Bradley. Hrn. Par Henry.
Hon. Aaolrh Rose and Hon. u. r. /
Icnes
At Tyiertawu. In Pike cnuntv. al |
dresses were delivered by Hon r p
Noe. Dr. y t Rowan and Hon. w. r. |
Stmrali There were fully 3.5o0 peo
pie iH attendance
The rally at Williamsburg. Covinr
ton currrty. was largely attended and
ne principal speaker was Hon. W. A
FiShsr secretary % the association.
Nunse-orss Ietters and tslesrsms
have zen received ~ Headquarters
corgrstpiatin< the association over
the fact thst cotton has passed the
tacert mark.
AZ Neaaville was held cotton raj |
" which was addressed hv President |
Waiter Ciark At this meetin-L per-
mansnt organisation was formed
Secretary Fisher received n letter
from his crunfy. Claiborne 10 the ~
feet fhat the first bale NJ cotton ginned
IN that county this year will b. sent
- iarksnu 10 be exhibited AZ the MI.
sissippi Industrial Exposition On No
vember tn tS The bale Is 20 be
sold AZ the end of the exposi Il ion. and
the proceeds turned over 70 the Mis-
siSsipri Cotton Association On Mon
day. August z at WILLIAMSBURG there
Will be a JOINT meeting OF tho Cotton
Association OF the county and the
Good Roads Association.
In regard IN crop conditions in the
delta. with whirh he Is thoroughly IA
miliar Hon. Chas Scott SAYS. The
outlook is the worst have ever known
in that section OF the State. and
have been planting in the delta for
many years The present prps poets
IRE that We viii rot raise NOR than
so per cent. of an average crop. ard
under the most favorable weather
conditions from now on We could not
possibly raise more than twp-thirsls Ut
m average yield Of cotton. n rains
euntinue. and al present they show NJ
signs OF cessation. there Is no telling
what We win raise. The corn crop is
total failure. 80 far as first paintings
are concerned. We may make snme.
thing on tie late paintings The CON
ditiors Z speak af generally prevail in
the drlta ant are rot confined 10 ary
particular section
irg crop conditions continue IN Quit
man county. There IL rfuch land Ieft
uncut waited On account 90 the eanffn-
ned bad weather for farming opera
tious. combined with scarcity of farm
labor. and the crops whirh are being
cultivated are very backward murh
n the grass. and wits m prospect ~
an early betfsrment u CONDITION rhs
rains continue almost necessarily. and
the farmers and planters are wsar.
NJ ion< euunfsranee~ and exrrrisnc.
ing feeling akin to dcxpundency
The Eantists ~ Mississippi expect
- get sonse II that sta aaa eisa snaafed
ov Inhn r. Eacsefestsr toward fha
rarse u edueafioB. Trey hore that
the amount ~ ~ gwen - tho Gancr
a. Edaraiinu Bnara fnr MlsSissf Dot
COLLEGE, may ~ irer~asssf The Co
srni Eaueafiunai B.sard some fims ~
promised 70 aye this instituriou IS.
see on condition that So aaa h. RAISED
By the frisnsis - the college Il IS
srrhlbie thaf ether esf,irafioaa1 iastf-
tuf.ens in he State VIII get slice n
this rionev-
The greatest actfvif~ - r.uarte.I N
pine i1uds "a ScufA Nissfszipui Pine
lards are bringing fipt1p prieps ROW
! and are n great demand Not oriv
are capitalists of uissiszsppi after
them. but mnueved neu f-nfn q d.s-
sarcs 1re rcrognfxinx their value.
Lands thar a few years azu eusfi.i have
been uurrhasssl esr Sosuethlag Ike
= an acre are nov bringing thsee and
four times tais mGch for the timber
aluue-
sdintanf General Frid<s ha- been
notified by the War Department that
Il has placed to the credit % PsV-
mas ter weaver ~ the Sgississipui Na-
f,ouaf Guard the sum - sfs sSS 20
the portion - the appropriation das
Mississippi This money viii b. used
in holding the ercsmpnient of t1e
national guard this year.
The uegrnes ~ Mississippi are x,-
iu@ 70 rfake an exhiu-r at the lanes
town. Va Exposition r n Black
burn znd r r. GlH two prominent
negro eitIzeus % Richmond Va. have
been visiting the leading cities of the
State arousing interest among the ne
grues in m exhibit. and i IS stated
Il
splendid exhibit.
farmers Institutes wiz be held n
Lowudes county az Mount Vernon
July u and az Caledonia July Is
/ President J. G. Hardy and sevcra'
members Of the Agricultural and Me-
chanical College faculty. will be pres
ent and d.siiver afdressns during the
/ gatherings. These Institutes have
been held throughout this section for
several years past
| On the first of August tie Southern
Railway viii commence survey of q
railroad from CraiSs tn fszoo City.
| II has been reported 10, some time
tina. the Southern is TO build into
| Jackson. and Il NAV build into JacF
son from this direction.
| Warden Henry. who spent several
days in the Desa inspecting the crops
on the prison farms. says that the
rain has been constant for the last
| two weeks. and that unless It stops the
| crop will be very much cut OF. He
says that the situation IS more crit
icaI than he expected 10 find il.
The governor has approved the
charter OF the Capital City Bank and
| Trust Company of Jackson. with
| capital OF s-A0 Gee A. n. Longino
| and others are the incorporates. II
IS expected that the hank will open
for business within the next two or
three weeks
| The Cotton Growers picnic at Cren
shaw was a grand sacces=. four coun-
ties being we'll represented bv an en-,
thusiastic crowd Of people. Col Dick
/ Abbey OF Commerce. addressed the
cotton growers on the Importance OF
keeping up the organization and the
great good which has been accom-.
| plished to the South
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