Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-04-20

ganixed at present to control the i'm
nensc lumber interests OF Nfssfzzir,i
= simply appalling in is enormtfy
That body of capitalists viii AZ
tempt and with every symptom Of
success. to absolutely control the out
put OF the mills Of = great State Ike
this Is startling, to say the hast of Il
Tie Gcotyear syndicate IS entering
TIE nsid TO acquire first the big con
Germs that are already we'll sIsss fssss.1
and own large bodies cf timber lands.
then. proceed TO gather in the small
nhis al its will uatii the lumber st
uatio1 IN the State is completely dom
mated by H. when this Is arcom-
piished. the syndicate can say 10 the
owner Of rI-ubeT what h - - receive
Tor X. Szt 70 TIE user Of i1u5er inst
Nnaf he must pa Ser thousand The
history of Standard OIL ia 70 b. r.
pested right here in Mississippi. and
the socuer our ,-eopIe awake q the
importance Of throwing sone o5sfa~i /,
IN the way % the gigantic trrrt the
sooner will thsv be able 10 combat It's
oauefui tntiusnce. The Wriler i not
an siSrmist AZ al. but shs hirsnrv az
such movements coavinces him hat
tnere is grave danger in sgch ur NnlT
ahtanceS- History has repeated o..
seI- end VIII do 50 again Kansas Il
nghtinz the oil trust because IL rs an
oil producing State e.s MfsSfssirrf
must hSht the lumber trust ss.srzuss lr
: a lumber proiucing STATE AT
States should fight every trust 10
cause they arr more or lasS cozsun,
ers of tusst made articles The b.sss
time to begin a Fight 81 this kind is
Wien the trust Is In is infancy. We
nave antitrust laws thar ar hesr-
violated bat the trouhle in this A. IN
All similar cases. is 70 prove q. How.
ever the people shoald ba awakened
20 the fact that such move Is or
foot and thar they must Be VERY carr.
ful IN selecting men 70 an the impcr
tant offices Ot the state. men Who vii
do their duty fearlessiy and stand
above the suspicion Of being Ifeufsu
ants OF trust organizations. In the
meantime when you sell timber Land
oe sure to get what II Is worth
JOINT sell for a song. for il yes holt
you will get yogr price.
Some excellent advertising of the
various local communities has been
recently issued from several Of the
newspaper Offices OF the State. Ths
Record. at Newton. issued and adm.
rahle piece Of work the latter part OF
March. and the Greenwood Enterprise
handsome illustrated edition a fex
days later. The Yazoo Sentinel Is
getting up a special to show some
thing Of the rebuilt city and promises
a = FHssF~~
represented in the last issue Of Mis-.
sissippt Industry with nice halftones
and interesting reading matter. The
increased amount OF this class Of work
being docc will greatly aid the State
IN the work OF Development. as well as
the local sections more directly inter.
ssted- II is only within the past fev.
years that such thing has been pos
sible. and goes to prove that Missis.
sippi is undergoing a change that
meEns greater things for il in the fu
tgre.
The question uppermost in the
minds Of Mississippians at present is.
How MANY railroads will be built in
the State during this and next YEAR.
II is almost certain that the record
for the two years Will exceed that OF
any i've years in the past. There is
no need to try to enumerate all OF
the roads now in contemplation. bet
suftice it to say that every section Of
any consequence will b. supplied
when they are all built The IarxeSf
portion Of territory without a road IL
thar in Pearl river valley. above
Jackson ant IL looks as il NOR than
one road vEould tan II before long
The p5ney woods Of South Mississippi
will soon be as well supplied a ; the
delta section. which Is a crazy quilt
Of lines TIE 81. J. < X. g and ". <
O. branches in North Mississippi are
bringing n the sections Of country up
there without such facilities in the
past. and others are being figured on
The outlook for railroad building in
the State is especially propitiOas. as
well as a commercial industrial and
agricultural awakening that EiII b..
unparalleled in the South. There are
good things in the future for Us. zzith-
out doubt
The man who went out into the pas
ture and sat down on a stone and
waited for the COW to hack up and BE-.
MIXED is very much lik. the town or
city with admirable Advantages thz,
expects the world to know these
things without attempting go teii
about them u you get anything in
this day and time you must ask for II,
and offer some inducements for ths.
location OF men and capital. Too
many places with equally as good al
yantages are doing the same thing.
and persons seeking locations viii nat
Hraily be attracted to them first
Burnside. a regularly established
station on the line OF the NJ. ]. L X.
C., in Neshoba county. IL taking on
great activity. even before the steel
laying crew gets there Five new
business houses have gone up and
others are in course Of construction A
tventy-room hotel has been built, and
other Improvements begun. II is at
the intersection Of the NJ. J. & K c.
and the NJ 4 O-'s ShuquaIak ard Ed
inbury line, on which IL is announced
that work will begin shortly. with
Jackson as the final termination
There are large bodies OF hardwood
timber near the town and several
manufacturing concerns are looking
up titles and making arrangements 20
locate Burnside promises to be one
OF the important towns of East Mis-
sissipps. and is in a favored location
New Albany has bought the machin-
cry and commenced work on a s25.-
Ooo box factory for making packing
cases Of all kinds The plant will
employ a considerable number OF
hands and prove Of no little help
TO the industries of that growing city
Large quantities Of timber that has
little value for anything else will be
worked into merch2ntabie stuff and
made to bring money The plant will
serve the double purpose of furnishing
a market for the timber and employ
ment for labor
Although Mississippi Ia generally
looked upon as strictly a cotton State.
Il might interest the people 20 know