Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-11-09

The great insurance investigation. in
rhleh the people II Mississippi have a
b.soeso yrariy interest. eontinne. vith
unaha,e'i interest The Disclosure grow
nore startling day BY day. The ofacial.
Of number II states are beginning 70
Interest themselves in b~haif * their
Poisey hoiiers. ami vii inauzurste pro-
'ee'iings 10 protect th~ir Interests. IN
wisconsin an effort viii H. mad, - fsrrr
the payment of over sl4lroepp Il money
that rightfully belong 20 pslS-y holIer..
and has been rnisu-.,i By the cauipanie.
Tor other purposes 4 a more or -.
shady nature. Insurance Csniuii--ionsr
Folk- Il Tenn-~-.s. -ays that he will
ecnnence az eucr a campaign for the
PrOtsrtion II the people of that state.
Sho pay several miilioa dollar- per year
to the bag coureru-. and arr paid in re-
turn only what thev -e~ II To offer.
Other >tAte- are equally a. active IN the
eft"rt TO protect their eitizsu- and in
very short time II i hpps-l that the
campaign viii b-some general through
out the eountry- Only by a conc~rt of
tctiou- AMI that in an unmistakabi.. and
determined way. can thee gi-antir cor
porations b. brought tn realize that
poliey holders arr due -ome ean-i.lera-
tson and a sHsan share IN the immense
pruhts mad- by the few stoekhol,ier~
In this enunr~tion. the bellrf l. grow
ing that stock eonpani-> for hfe Insur-
ance Should b. prohibited by a=. ant
that companies that are >trictly uut,al
in every respect only b. lic~n-r,l for
business. II there va any m~an- TO Do
terrine Just when the steykhohi-r -hosIit
quit participating in the Prohfs 4 th-
business and the policy holler hagiu. IL
might b. different But in the hight Il
past experience. AMI the result sf inves-
legations now in progress. thu livilin :
hns has proven to b. rythcls-irsl N d.
termination An evidence Il thIs a. that
in the cas~ Ut the Equitable Of NwT
York. with ouly siO00no of capital stosk
and a claus IN the by-hws only allow
ing this stock 10 draw pr r~rt- pr
snnun from the earnings. $500 of II
brought the fahalou- s4n Il s3-sloeso
Any -ane man knox. that e. make this
sto<k worth that amount ef MONEY
there i m end 70 IT, participation m the
profits. b = ever Illegal \ mutual
company xith ef6evrs ei~ete,i and the
policy Of the COMPANY determinssl by
the polisy hotier-. y ~ certainly ars the
most interested. i ss-are-liy The proper
plan of Organization To -ay that TIE
policy hold~rs are not eomp~tenf - -
l<rt their Ofar.rs and determine the
policy of the eonpany = tantamount To
SAYING that the qualified rifInrns are not
worthy Of the fFanrhfse of ,affra-sr. and
ineslmp~t~ns t0 seIerf their Governors
art etheE of5eials 4 compauy Il tA-
policy hotfsr~. for the poliey halsieF-. nj
BY the policy kold.r~. should APPEAL
strongiy 10 every ~enssble man
The school book contractors are not
complying with their contracts for fur
ni-hInz beard covered books. whirh they
hid az a rvmarkably low prize T. make
low avesage- The writer hss askssi for
books in boards a. cs,ie-i for IN the Goa
tract n q number of piace> in the state.
and has BEEN nlet WITH the reply that
none were To be had Advertisement :
appearing in a numb~r u papers. SivIa.;
the exchange AMI sale PTice on baoS~.
Ieave out the b.,ard covered ones Whirh
are largely used in the rural districts
| entirely. An advertisement from a
Montgomery county paper not only
leaves out the boari bssok for exchange
| oz the readers. but state positively thai :
there = M exchange On " heeier :
Primer IL ! not Heees-aTy for the book
| offered TOR exehaaze to havr been IN
| u-e in the county where offered but II
used in auy Mississippi county or sep
arate school district II must b accepted
The board books at the prize bod are not
profitable to the publishers. heuee their
Efforts. which have been sueee~sful - far,
TO shirk the responsibility Of furnishing;
them
In 1872 q Yszoo City paper publfsned
. striking httle story Of the s1ieee-- OF a
man who came TO that county and IN
vested in Land. engaging in the oeeuPa-
tiou Of farming. IL vas reproduced IN
book form and distributed by the ihou-
auds where they woald do the most
hook. Capt. Merry. II the Illinois Cen
ltral Railroad. scattered them bEuedr-isl
I tfnFuItWNNuT tNf NRANA&F- 49, 49," -
written the esiitsr Il the paper that
the demand eontina~s. and that he has
lust had printed anatheT large bot re
ceiviny orders for 6-ioo IN one mail >lieh
advertising a. this i e>P~wtaiIy valuable.
ANYTHING that will bring to the notice OF
| out SiderS th- MANY advantage OF our
section OF country. explain eonsl1t i"ns a.
thew are. give 20 the hame-eeker the
information he desires before removing
to a new country. induce them I" come
and helm in the work Of developing our
| wonderful resources J. vLiua bic adver-
tisipv. More OF this Kind viii be done
in the future than in the past Almost
every community has awakened to the
importanee and necessity OF such work
and arrangements have been made to
have il done
I tn. true foundation 81 Mi->issiPpfs
greatness i upon the ssrist and impair
,;.I ,nforrement of the law In select
r. men Ia III Offices il l. well That their
ag,I;6,a,ion- and fitne~- b. placed above
personal OF friendly preferences
Ths Newton Record ha> just moved
into its own home. a handsome and con
y,uieutIv arranged brick buiisiln=- trieni
cunningham l. TO be congratulated upon
the success that i, attending hi> efforts
and the substantial appreciation shown
yor his paper BY the eitiEens OF Newton
and the surrounding country May II
ever be thus
Several of the State officials spent sew
sraI dsys recently on the biz farm IN
Suusower county bunting bear and dear
Exaggerated reports have been eIEe'-
I.ted as To what wa> done while on tiiat
tr;p- but there Is one thing eer'aia
Attorney General Williams killed bear
mi President of the Railroad Cemilii'-
s;on MeNsir killed deer. The write.
~.s furnished with liberal portions OF
he meat BY them. and what more eva
ience would any man require;
Can't Merry will brias tain load OF
,or,eseekers tc the I flpOs.s.9a on the
Al. ard another iate On