Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-06-01

purchased ground ard will In a shor,
tine begin the building of store thai
will BE- sin stories high ami cover ap
rruximafeiy three acres " ground
" constructed ON the enormous plan
named above the West Point store
Will be the largest In the state At
present Meridian has the largest dry
goods establishment with a new build.
tng Just being completed in rupeio a
close second After all these new
stores are finished Ne suggest a com
mittee on arbitration to- go around
and measure up to see Just which one
has the greatest area OF foor space
In the meantime IL is likely that some
snferprislng place Is maturing plans
20 eclipse them all
Il Is a PITY that there are not more
hnards of supervisors in Mississippi
Ike that one in Coahoma. The mem
bers % the board seem to appreciate
the fact that the people want some
thing for tieir money. and they are
giving IL to them. They have already
spent 5000 on the public roads.
s5.wn IN each beat. and the expert
mcnf has proven so satisfactory that
they will soon prepare to noat mil.
Hon dollar bond issue To make first.
class roads all over the county When
this IS done everybody will want to
live 10 sweet Coahoma
The Mobile. Jackson & Kansas City
railroad announces that il will have
trains running through from Mobile 10
Middleton, Tenn. in forty DAYS more.
This line traverses the State from
end To end and opens mp n fine sec
tion of country that has heretofore
been without a road
Tho Mississippi oyster Commissio
trd that the experimental reefs plan
I'd wear ago are proving a great sue
cess. from one 10 eight Young oyster
being found attached To every old
shell. Eight other reefs will be- plant
I'd during the coming summer be
tween Bay 81 Louis and Biloxi Til
oyster industry will. by this means.
10 perpetuated.
HucSleberries are becoming A con
siderable crop in Pike county and that
section OF the State W. Il. Ferguson
vas in Magnolia a few DAYS since Of
tering twenty gallons for sale. This
Is a native crop in the State that Is
not appreciated aS IL should be
The Jones County Fair Association
has fixed September 10 IA Il. tncIu
sive. for the date of the fair this fall
Preparations have been and are being
made Ia give all those who attend
fu'l value for their money and greater
success than usual IS anticipated.
There should bs no factions in a
business community All parties in
terested should work together in per
feet harmony and help in the consum
nation of a general cause Too many
fiattertng prospects have been spoiled
by petty fsctionaI differences
Tippah county farmers and citizens
are beginning the agitation for a
county fair and hope 10 have the com
pany organized and the fair on foot
this fall. Nothing would stimulate
the county more and it Is TO BE- hoped
that the project will be carried to a
successful termination.
The Guntown Hot Times received
an egg that was ~. inches in circum
ference. az inches long and weighed
ounces 1t was a hens egg and
outside Of its enormous size. was not
unlike thousands OF other hen eggs
Bro. Brown ought to be able TO make
a comfortable fortune from tle brand
Of chicken that laid this egg.
Gulfport is probably the only city Of
six or seven thousand people in the
South that is entirely without a Gem
etery. Such is the case. however and
the peop'e of Gulfport have to carry
their dead TO other places for burial.
Another railroad for the State has
been chartered by the lumber syndi
cate that is endeavoring TO eonsolf-
date the big mills Of South Mississip-
pi- The road is chartered to run from
New Orleans to Memphis via Jack
son A portion of the road out of
New Orleans Is already running and
sixty miles more Just contracted
The balance TO connect jackson with
that already arranged for will be con
traeted at an early day There Is lit
tie doubt thar the road will be com
pieted from New Orleans 10 Memphis
at an early day and trains running.
The oyster canneries Of Mississippi
have closed after a most successful
season This Is an important indus
try in the State and one that Is gain
ing in Importance yearly should the
state win the suit Nfth Louisiana for
the disputed fields. II would prove n
great stimulus and be worth manv
thousands OF dollars 10 the oyester
section.
The little city of Belxonl i not
satisfied with the railroad facilities
now on hand and will make strong
pull 10 securely land the Southern
also. The people are working hzr1
and will likely succeed.
The esperialiy Gnfaxorahle weafh-
er Of the past month has greatly -
duced the acreage of COTTON. even he
yond the expectation u the most On
,h2stsstic reductioaisf The acreage
viii ee fully % per cent less than
handsome price. Texas and other cot
ton producing States being IN the
sans condition
Mr.. Morgan Bass. of HAzleharss.
has been signaliy saeressfai IN the
trucking business - far this season
HIS pea crop - o1 and the ground
planted IA a second crop Beans are
being shipped and the tomato rrop
coming along fnely. TIE pea vines
we're gathered for nay and are said
To equal timoshy or any other Kind of
hsy. MIR MoTgan's Success In the
trucking basiness xili be a stimulus
70 others for next season Hax' 'ehursf
IS bseoming 4 trucking community
and ssH soon begin 70 cast eyes A.
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