Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-04-27

sissippi. and pointing ont the fact that !
az present we were paying two and a |
quarter million dollars yearly to con-
Germs in the North and East without a
word in the management Of said con
Germs ur knowledg.s OF their manage
ment seems to have hesn prophetic.
Since that time one of the larges. in
surance ompanies doing business In
this country has been torn by disseu-
sions among the managers. revealing
the reckless expenditure - money be-
longing to policy holders. and the sub
sequeut demands for receivers from
more than one state In the Union.
Let patrons II such concerns invcsts-
Eate as tar as possible and the de-
mant Tor such concern At home will
grow stronger day by day
The little town ~ Guide in Lefor'.
county has offered the Delta Southern
railroad free rislt of way and $4,000
bonus ~ build from that point south
instead Of Itta Bcna and " is under
stood that the offer viii te accepted.
Cude Is owned by . gentleman from
kimmins Tenn and - rapidly
growing and enterprisin- little town.
Greenwood Is not satisfied with
what she has and positively refuses
TO SIT down and b. quiet. Although
pretty well supplied with hotels at
present q large stock company Is be-
ing organized to build a larger and
better hotel And this Is only one Of
the progressive movements on foot In
that hustling Delta municipality.
Sevrai business gentlemen of Holly
Springs nave organized a company TO
build and operate a large brick fac
tory. The ciays in that section 81 the
State are especially fine Tor such pur-
poses. one of the largest pottery
plants in the South being located
there
The National Live STOCK Reporter.
cf St Louis. has the following to say
concerning \ recent shipment OF Mis-
sissippi cattle.
= " Curruthers. n well known
farmer anl feeder II clay county.
Miss. had in two loads of good ,.rade
dehoruCd Durham steers TO-DAY. >
head averaging 1855 pounds. and top
/ ping the Southern cattle market ~ S.
per cwt-. being purchased By Nelson.
Morris x Co. They we're Mississippi
bred. raised and fed. three year olds.
and had been run on grass until a Ill
/ tie less than stx no1,he ago. whom
! they were placed on a ration OF cotton
I seed meal and hulls and corn meal.
and their condition today showed that
I MIR CarrutherS got good returns for
[ his feed and labor
/ > W Walker. Of tho same place
I also had load OF graded rcd polled
/ steers On the market . head aveTag
| ing l.0i6 pounds. and selling to the
/ ST Louis Dressed Beef Co. at $3.50
per cwt. They had been fed about
three and onehalf months. and wera
I fed the same as the Carruthers cat
I tie
The above is conclusive evidence
{ that no State furnishes greater ad-
vantages than Mississippi Tor raising
cattle. Tle sale of becves for three
years Of age averaging fourteen hun
drcd pounds al six cents per pound
gross gives a fine profit to the farmer.
{ So per head is 4 fine price for three
year Old steers and no State offers the
came advantages To raise them as
cheapiy as Mississippi We can have
grasses throughout the entire year il
the effort IS made. and when the fat
tening season arrives our cotton seed
bulls and meal makes the hest and
cheapest ration. More attention
should be given this branch OF stock
raising and the success recorded by
Nr. Carruthers Will go farther to call
attention to il than anything else that
/ could he done
Gulfpcrt will construct a complete
sewerage system. the plans being
adopted several days since Bids for
construction will he opened in short
tine AMI the work gotten under way.
While Gulfport did not find sewerage
system . necessity for health. the con-
ditions there being very favorable al
ready. the city is determined to have
all up-to date conveniences. hence the
decision TO build sewerage.
The suspense attendant upon the
announcing of commission 10 select
school books for the State for the
next five years has been relieved.
Eight good men have been appointed
and the gigantic task before them be-
gun. Let every man In the State aid
to get through with this piece of busi-
ness without the scandals which SO
frequently eusue. Z is a sacred duty
they have to perform Money viii
sow as free as water and eyerv sub
terfuge taken advantage OF. Hold up
the hands of the commission ard help
them perform the important duty de
voiving upon them. 1t is pity that
Mississippi has not book establish
ment of her own, SO that the million
or more dollars that will be expended
in the next five years could be kept at
home. Then. too, the subject matter
and historical chroniclins of events
would be much more satisfactory. At
present. We are compelled 10 accept
the version given events by our breth
rem of the North who cant see things
just as We do. Our children should
be taught to reverence the position
: and actions OF their fathers in the
times of trouble past. and not be told
that they were traitors or rebels
against. the authority of a just gov
crnment.
Lafayette county proposes a good
: work in the ieveeing of Yocona river
bottom. and also in constructing a
good roed across this as well as sew
eral ether streams. There is no in
: vestme1t that will paw larger divi-
dcnds than those used in the constru
tion OF better roads. Bad roads or
no roads at all, is the greatest dra~-
: back that Mississippi has at present.
People coming here seeking locations
are frequently scared away by the
lack of such necessities, going where
more is offered in the way OF modern
; convenIences ard improvements We
r reed better roads and the county thai
leads in their construction will lead
: in everything else.