Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-02-02


highly appreciated and will no doubt
be the means Of attracting attention
10 the Vicinity. Tne- success astere.
ing the industry Of trucking al that
place has been commented upon large
iy and the people set up as an exam
pie OF Industrious and thrifty farm
ers. but by means OF systematic fer
tilizing and cultivation it has been
made one OF the richest sections OF
the State. The display referred to
was an especially strong one from he
TACT that 1t was made as strictly a
second crop exhibit. Everything shown
was raised upon ground from which
one crop had already been gathered
during the season 1t demonstrated
clearly what can be done upon the
lands OF the greater portion OF the
State IL properly handled. Their
corn that compared favorably with any
among the exhibits was grown after
other crops has been taken from the
land. Tho hest hay exhibited was in
the Crystal Springs room and the
grand prize was awarded IT, I'm
mense pumpkins that weighed al.
most one hundred pounds were prom-
nently shown. Sweet potatoes of ex-
eellent quality and from fields that
produced enormous yields Irish po-
tatoes are grown profitably and those
shown were pronounced excellent.
Ribbon cane syrup OF delicious fla-
vor and otherwise first-class was Law
ishly shown. Considerable attention
Is being given the cane syrup indus
try and It Is proving very profitable
to those engaged in growing Il The
grand prize for turnips went to Crys-
tai Springs also. ard the award was
deserved. Some beautiful butter was
shown and il attracted a great deal of
attention. some contending that first
premium was due it, Perfect cotton
"a second crop was In the exhibit.
the stalks being large and full of per
fectiy formed ami open bolls. Pc
cans and Japan walnuts went to help
In the makeup OF a perfect exhibit
factory for the manufacture of fruit
packing cases had on exhibition sam
piles OF its nrOduct which we're as
good as could be had anywhere. Ter
~ Sauce. with a reputation SECOND
TO none. was given space and merited
the attention received The Crystal
Springs second crop exhibit was un-
usually good and presented in con
yincing manner the good points of
that county. AS the pioneer in the
trucking ani fruit Industry. no less
was expected of il. and a much more
comprehensive exhibit is promised for
the earniys! to be held next fall
one OF Mississippi's newest enter
prises the Mississippi Cracker Com
pany. A. Hattisshars. made 4 splendid
showing at the carnival with its pro-
duct. The crackers. cakes. jumbles.
etc. shown were as good as could be
had anywhere and the company re-
ports 4 highly satisfactory business
SO far. There is no reason why We
should not manufacture our own
crackers and goods OF a like nature
right here at home Preference
should be given home enterprises and
the writer hopes to see this concern
prosper AMI grow as the years go by.
The writer will in few weeks fur
nish an article on the new food and
forage plant. cassava. This plant is
attracting much attention in the
southern section OF the State at pres
ent, and is being grown with profit.
So soon as the nece ssary data can be
secured some space will be given to 4
description of the plant. mode OF cul-
ture. etc.
r. +. Stratton, OF Rolling Fork, fur
nished some monster turnips for the
carnival. Some OF them weighed as
much as nine pounds. They were
smoothly formed and OF fine texture
The delta demonstrates the fact that
something can be grown there profit
ably besides cotton and corn. 1t may
be that this section will. ere many
years roll by. prove enc of the best
trucking sections of the State
Good people from every land anl
cline viii receive a hearty and cor
dial welcome at the hands OF our gen
erous hearted people.
II will be OF interest TO the people
OF Mississippi to know something of
the monevs collected and turned into
the general fund from two depart
ments which were only recently estab.
lished. Reference is made TO the in
surance department and the charter
and fee department OF the secretary
OF States Office. The insurance de
partment has just closed the hrsi
year since its Inauguration. At the
beginning Of the year. Mr.. ". J. Cole.
who had carried the department as
auditor, ii having been made an ad-
junet of that Office in 1890, and which
office he held. was installed as insur-
ance commissioner. having been
elected by the people. He promised
TO turn into the treasury Tor the year
1904. over and above all commissions,
the net sum OF 100000. To show how
well he kept this promise. the sum
actually turned in was $l00,i11.05.
Mr.. Cole estimates that for the pres
ent year he will turn in the net sum
of $135 900. and in view of the cor
rectness OF his last years estimate
We expect his figures to come up to
or go over that mark This is a
splendid showing for a newly in
stalled department and reflects great
credit upon the management OF the
same Insurance rates are not one
cent higher and the taxpayers arc just
that amount ahead. We have been
paying for the department all along
and not getting the benefit of ii.
In 1900 the charter laws of the
State were changed so that nonli-
nal fee was charged for corporations
desiring to do business under them.
and from this source Mr.. J. W. Power
turned into the treasury last year the
handsome fund Of szl .46S. This
was something like an increase OF
So. 900 over the previous year. While
the corporation business for 1904 was
much greater from the standpoint OF
numbers, the amounts involved were
not nearly 50 large. Since this de
partment was added TO the once OF
secretary OF State in l9e0. over sG5.-
GOO has been turned into the treasury.
Mr.. Power is OF ire belief tina. the
coming year viii still saog healthy
inerease over the last. January show