Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-11-02

Wv" ." ~ tntNtng Hianut3ctur-
ing city. The population has increased
from 1893 in 1900 to 200 AZ present
Large factories for the manufacture of
hardwoosis. clay ami other materials into
the finished article have been built.
Splendid business structures have taken
the place Of Insignificant buildings and
the town has undergone one of the most
remarkable transformations ever Wit.
messed in the South. II was the writer,
pleasure to visit the numerous faetosies
recently and harm something OF thrir
magnitude. 4 sixty ton oil mill pas the
first and Ia. completed two season. o.
sueces<- IN $4,000 cotton compress.
with the latest machinery and immense
hriek sheds j. just beginning the second
season \ clothing factory that employ.
ies hands has just completed its first
season. pad ?. pr cent. dividend ani
increased capital stock from $4,000 to
sl0o.Ooo- \ handle factory j. nearing
a year Of good work and promises 10 b.
a good Investment. An immen-e fur
niture factory. with the very latest ma
chinery and employing is0 hands. !.
running aud turning GA, product that
- pronounced by experts 10 b. equal ts
any made anywhere. A hox factory
with a large capacity IL just beginning
to set the wheels in notion Two brick
factories. one for pressed anil the other
for plain. are running on full time 70
supply the demand Tor houie eunsuuu,-
tion. The NJ }. & X {. railroad i
building large shops and relay stations
Ity Of the town The toSn has reeentlv
installed one of the most eumplete sv--
tens Of ~sterworks and el..ctric light.
tn be found snyW here. 4 S65.O00 h..tsi
and hundreds Of other buildings are 20
ing up n fast a men and money can
push them along. II j. in a good section
Of the country. and there i every reason
why the place should have 10000 in
habitants when the enumeration j. made
by Uncle sam in 1910. New Albany will
occupy prominent plaee in the Greater
Mississippi of the future.
The following from one of our bright.
est exchanges contains splendid lesson
and wholesome moral.
We know a man who a. a farmer was
an Acknowledged s1cce,s. Tie made the
biggest crops Of any one in his section.
His wife was the best epok in the neigh
borhood and she always had plenty "a
cook. His hogs were always tat. his
barn lot full of COWS and he had con
siderable money ahead But the desire
tn ~ To town at last took possession Of
him. He decided that with the money
he had and that received for his plIce. he
could move to town. live easv. wear
a white shirt and polished shoes the bal
anee Of his life. His wife held out
against the move for hong time. bat At
last she signed the deed and they let
the oil place 90
That was ten years ago. Toiav the
Old man J. driving dray. the few quar-
tiers be picks mp zach aay helps 10 keep
body and soul together in a little rented
three room house in the outskirts of the
town. \ sueeeSs a farmeF ami hon
est. ne hfnh AttO UANANs~N win n A1NH u
fellow a. partner. Five years ago the
business failed Everything he went
into was a money losing proposition. At
last he had To ELL his town Piaee To pay
a note he insiors.-i for friend. 90 Ills
wife lost her health anil i now an in
valid The farm he left ten years ago
i worth 1000. Just four times what he
received for il when he sohi- lie Is too
old to start over A. farmer ami is
most unhappy man.
Which leads us to remark thst a sue
cessful farmer is the most independent
man on earth and should be the haPpiest.
BALDWIN held stock show and general
exposition of one days duration recently.
with excellent success. This little event
may pave the way to the organization OF
a successful county fair. Our people are
fast awakening TO the advantage of such
institutions
Okolona boasts Of some splendid side
walks and laments the fact that other
improvements are lacking. Good walks
and roads are an educator that will
eventually lead to the best of everything.
I. W. FARRELL, OF Newton, made 1000
gallons of molasses from two-aere
patch. 1t was Louisiana cane and the
crop throughout that section is said to
be excellent, better than for years
The Aberdeen button factory has re-
Gently made a large sale OF goods At fai.
prices. This factory makes a finished
button from common mussel shells that
are found in the rivers and lakes Of the
State.
Hon. Charles Scott, of Rosedale, has
been in Europe for some time studying
labor conditions, and has come to the
conclusion that the farm labor of Italy
will prove the salvation of the South
in the much discussed labor question. He
has shipped ear load of laborers and
announces that in the future his planta-
tions will be worked by them in prefer
ence to the negroes, who are becoming Of
less account every day. Hon. Leroy
Percy, of Greenville, is of the same opin-
ion and has been using italian labor for
some time The question is likely one
that will solve itself in the near future.
but at the present time it is one that Il
worrying landowners no little
Good and sensible management is nee
essary to the success of any undertake
ing. especially in handling municipal
utility plants Mississippi is making
wonderful record in the way of success
full municipal, water, light and sewerage
plants. They have proven that il prop
erly managed they will pay handsomely.
Service is furnished at less rate than
il owned by private individuals, anil
more satisfactory from the fact that the
will do what the people d.
mand. for it is the people