Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-07-27

lowing On the subject II from one Of |
our valued exchanges
Those who have anv apprehension |
thar the city daily will invade IN. |
field Of tho country weekly 10 such an |
extent thai the latter will suffer there. |
by. are bothering about a bridge that |
will never have 70 he crossed The city |
daily ought 10 BE- in every home. hut |
lay Il alongside the country weekly.
and notice whar choice the reader |
makes of the two. The doings OF his |
home town, whether he be resident |
thereof or removed, are OF vastly more |
interest 20 him than national politics |
or the exposure Of public graft.
Let the editor OF the country week |
" miss one of his subscribers for one |
week. and he dears OF his oversight |
For one issue they have been deprived |
ot gratifying their desire to know what |
Is doing in the town. which through |
years of association has become
part " them The country weekly ap- |
peals to The heart Its dictiou may be
impure and It's articles sound queer tn
the outsider. but 10 the one VINO val
ues II enough 10 be it- subscriber. it,
every paragraph is pure gold.
II is all very we'll after every word
~ the country weekIv has been close
lv scanned. to casually pick up the
city daily 10 hnd our about the Psna
ma canal or what the latest scandal In
Washington NAV be But first of all
we are inferested in those people
whom We know from personal assn
citation. and We want to know about
those more vital Affairs that are going
ou about us The city daily NAV lie
ON the doorstep until father CONES
home from down town. but hv that
time mother and the rest OF the fam.
! lv have al read the country weekly
over each others shoulders.
In Tins day and age every family
can afford and ought 20 take both. but
II there is a choice 70 hs masle between
The tNo. I've subscription should 90 TO
the editor who keeps tab on the events
IN ones home town
The GuIfport and CRYSTAL Springs
rhautaudua have been held. and both
were surcrsses The nexf to open up
| Is AZ G4oster. smite county. under the
: eo.n0men OF the ~whitvorth chau
/ taugna n viii begin Iulv 81 and
continue fifteen davs This charac
ter Of amusement and recreation Is
/ II IL confidently expected that a meet
ing viii hs held in North NIssissipp.
somewhere next season II not oniy
/ furnishes recreation. but instruction
a. we'll The very best platform ora
tors and scientists are engaged. ana
give the people something 10 think
about as well as amuse The writer +
plea ed at the sentiment prevailing
among our people for a high grade Of
amusement and hopes 10 see II fur.
thsr crvstalize as the years GO by.
Two OF the largest hotels In Jack
son are eniarging. about $50 rooms be
ing added 10 the two. Two smallef
hotels are being erected. one with .
rooms and the othe- with 81 After
these improvements are completed the
Capital Citv will be in condition to
care for the travelling pubic hand
someiv There has been a demand for
more hotel room in jackson for years.
but II seems that ell deficiencies viii
soon be supplied
aureI Is advertising for plans by
which to construct n 100000 schco.
building. The rapid growth OF that
citv necessitates the constant adding
OF facilities TO care for the people
The Figure F'iend- Of the eify talks
HuentIv of the s.00o inhabitants
claimed. and those who know believe
that census would locate that mum
ber in Laurel.
rsham Evans and other energetic
West Pointers have established n cnld
storage plant in thar city. and will be
gin business right away The afyan
tages of such a copcsrn in any city
are too numerous ~ mention. and nov
/ that the ice has been broken in MIS-
sissippi a. Il we're. We expect to see
other places following the example OF
West Point The produce business
positively demands such a concern to
insure It's handling 70 the best advsn-
tase. Build more Of them.
! The large number of murders in
Mississippi during the past month
calls to the attention Of our best peo-
ple the ainiouition enforce the law"
| II il were not for the fact that shrewd
! lawyers can SO often clear a man OF
this awful charge IN he has the money
To employ them there would not be
/ lalf the killings in the State. Then
too. ttss infraction is induced by 9th
ers of less importance. The way to
break il up is to enforce the law rig
idly and without favor.
A gentleman who is in a position to
know told the writer a few days since
thar Mississippi bought last year eight
million dollars worth OF mules. and
that Of this amount Washington coun-
"a half
Every mule used here should be raised
in the State and there is no plausible
excuse to offer for not doing so.
Meridian Is busily engaged in spend
ing $i0.aoo paving the principal streets
Of the city Meridian Is nothing II not
progressive. and we confidently ex-
pect thar city TO easily show $4,000 in
habitants when the census Is made In
1910 Her people are made Of the
stun that will accomplish something.
even IN the face of obstacles
After a delay OF some time the cleo
tric lights and water works have been
turned on at Wocdville. and the good
citizens of that place can see to get
around now without lanterns and can
hathe their faces by simply turning on
the water.
''Bnry the kickers' Is the text OF the
following sensible article from one OF
our best exchanges:
1T is the duty Of every progressive
citizen to bride his sense Of humanity
and bury every kicker he meets in the
nearest sewer manhole. In the pres
ent spirit OF the people we are sure
any fury would constrle the act a.
selfdefense. or ar least 'justiiabls
homicide Bury them deep and strf4|
co.ter n thets ear 50 thst thew would
ee deaf to any blast frcns tie trump
! cf resurrection"