Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-09-07

IN BY II. =. BLAKE.
Aention has been made frequen IN in /
thts department Of the fas,t that fh.r,.
va, money IN feeding cattle fnr the.
northern markets, even il the cattI..
we're bought in Texas. shipped hsr,. to
iatten ami then forwarded Ia Chi,-ago
to be slaughtered. W. Il. Dod-ou. of
Baton Rouge. La. in a r..,-eut letter to
ant Merry. Of the Illiuni. Central .
r7ailruat. produces evidence - hack .
up thi> ASSERTION \ car a. -s-.rs
bought IN Illinois wer. shipped 10 Ra-
ton Rouge fe,i and fatten.i ami then
Shipped To Chicago. whert. they topped 4
the market for that week. At no pl...,- 4
IN the world can h.aef cattle hs- f1tf-u.,i 4
CHEAPER ane Inor'- ~ati>fac,Orily than in /
tne south. where we have. such an
abundanse of rnttonsset m..al ami hull-. 7
a fat-prciucing fe-d that can y, equal.i 7
nnwhsre- Sr.naGa. West Point. Tup..- .
10 AMI other places have tried tn. ex- 4
pertinent with ~u,r-.-s. Cof~i,s.,rahl.. /
capital l. required To- han.Ii. = ro..i- Z
SIZED hunch- but the bauS, have h...n 4
prompt 10 All the moveu,en. hereto-
| fors..
The increase being shown in tn. r-.r- !
>ouaI assessment rull- nf th.. >tars. !
very gratifying The Increases shown 4
range from sl.35Niso down Vf--i-- F
>ippt /, prosperous d.-.pit,. the Iifsl.. 4
decentralization Of business = sxr..Yien.-,.,i /
during the past two mourh>. F.xu..-t- +
have predicted that this VIZ tn. la.r /
visitation Of the mo-quito fever that ~ 4
would have 10 enmbar. AMI ief II hop. I
that they are currect. Every cnmnu- +
nity IN the state should cotnniens,. in 4
aay Of next year and yet into u.srf..,-t
eun'lItiou a. 10 cleanline>>. kill III. ma-- 4
qnItOs>. and forget that th,r,. ever *
isted such a thing a. yellow fever. +
W bile this fever i claimed MT "a =. a
nth disease. yet a cleaning up vii h. +
worth a great deal a. 4 preventative. of /
other diseases il thi, diagnosl. a. To B
yellow tevsr i right. Get clean and
Keep clean
Louis Grifsa, of Aberdeen. ha. re-
GENTLY shipped a trio of fans.y chicken. .
70 Nmir. British Columbia. receiving
80 for them That i tn. xav 10 do
pay Mississippi tribute bar invade tn. I
possessions ri Great Britain ~ well. Il
will ne only L frw day Row until tn. .
whois Worid wili begin to deliver u
Installing nts on that S7--l.fsst. .s.at or -Idl
osl.aa for our ooIton crop. We have
Just closed the season when tn. state
up North sent u large suns for our
truck Twelve mnuths in the year ~
relieve part. of the whole world II s7l,h .
for our lumber ami naval ,sor.>- Keep .
up the good work lnii extend the terri I
tory covered from year To wear.
one thousand peuple died In NesE ur- :
leans IA, wear from consumption and I
OVER ten thousand IN New YORK la>5
winter from "a grippr. still thcr. Ma
no pauic. demnralixatiuu OF bfi,iss-.- or
shotgun quarantine lt l. high fiai..
that stop Wa put - th. panic rbaf
follows the announcemenG Of ,-.l-- 81 .
fever in the south Ths. shs,-t ei 49,
,hoalj bss relegated to the cost and
kept there Absolute cleanIina>,. a hirh
means the destruction Of the mr,luit.l.
i the plan on which to vag. Ih.. ,7aEi-
paigu-
one doubling Thomas IL discussing
the mosquito theory Of spreadiue yes- E
low fever. remarked that il might -
unwi>- To commens-e campaign againsg
Madam SsegoEyia in the early spring
OF mkt year. for II might " p.essibl,'
thar the experts wouid b. chasing bull
frsJ.-> rs then. Auother mau >u.y.--t-
tha, bsihug, might al~o carry the in
t..ctiou. " any rate absolute eleanli-
rs--. 4. moi a tss.t shfnts
All houor / due the rlilrtasis % Mi<-
sis>ippi fur the eEeellent aid rvnas.rsti
IN th. musguifo fever euarEatine aud
the attendant TROUBLES u transport afiou
Al>o for the Assistants. given the of.s-
cial> in enforcing quarantine resy,lla-
tion>- The ruafis cln h. dep..utis.si upon
At al times 10 reu.isr valuable assist
anee when il : to the hs->s interest ~
the country. Whils. Ne ftu o,r. with
them occasionally GA ats,uuut of rates.
tariffs. ets--. still ws appreciat.. what
they do for ~ IN the time Of trouble
W~Ss Point : making an effort 10 ~
vivs ths. Baarsl % lrhsis.. whis.h or.-1ni-
zztion accomplished - much good TOR
that erterpri>izaz prairie city lass year.
The miStakes thai caused j to eea~e
exi>teree wili - mas-h easier Ia -hun
in the future No 1--we town or city
should b. without 4 < ais-1Saxe husi-
ress organization of soaas kind
The police commissioners Il Nsx
Iors city reN-snfiy paid tn. vounx men
from the south a splenslid tribute for
their activity honesty and integrity.
That i lust a. il should b. The true
worth OF or people Is fas, gaining
recognition all over the country /,
Hattieshurg. thrpagh IL Beard cf
Trade. i advertising for la.s0 men to
come and ali in the work OF making Il
still larger and better Haitiesburg l.
progressive. and the result i readily
seen in the wonderful progress shown in
the past few years
When the land assessment l. made
next wear. South Mississippi will show
a wonderful increase in taxable values
from two causes One l. the wonderful
improvement that has been made since
the last assessment WAS made. and the
other i that holders of large bodies of !
land will be required To pay on some
thing like the real worth OF their hold |
ings- Thousands Of acres of land in
that section are assessed 1t .l-35 per !
acre. when it i really worth from sl5
to So This i nothing but what Is
right. and no man should complain at
being required no furnish some of the
money 10 help IN the work OF appre-
eiating the value of his holdings.
4
Grange Harrington, OF $3.50. from
May 10. l.sli- to August I. i:ss5, took
from six acres Of land s5sl>,s worth of
produce. Mr. Harrington was editor
and publisher of the Pinsy Woods /
Farmer. which i now defunct He i,
cites the facts given "a shSw that he i
a fairly sact esstul farmer II he did run |
an agricultural paper. which cannot be
said of many who sit In the '>teenth
story of u building aud hand out advice
by the eogd to farmers in general Mr.
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