Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-07-20

There Is considerable complaint of
scarcity Of labor. especially in the del
IA. Some Improvement in cotton IS
reported from few southern ruun
ties. but IL has become evident tsai
| more fields will have to be abandoned
rs rule corn has continued TO i'm
| prove. and young corn IL quite prom
tsins over considerable portion %
the State. hu, much IN ned ~ crlti
vatior. Some To,tng corn ca ioeisn.is
has been drowned out Ofd rorn
maturing south. but will give only .
fsir Weld Peas. potatoes. meadows
and pastures are doing well Sugar
cane Is making good growt1 Melons
are plentiful south. but generally poor
NORTH
Henry McNanus. Hiram sidrid-c.
Hiram Kent Emmett NcManus. WIN
Kent. A Adams. n Hunt. J. Aldridge.
VIII and Jack Norris and VIII Har-
ward. all citizens Of Franklin county.
were before United States Commis
| sioneT MoSeisy at Jackson last week
on indictments brought at the last
term Of the Federal Court charging
| whttecappiag They were placed under
| bond Of 81 COO each. each going on the
| bond Of the other. as all Of them were
able to qualify for this amount. after
watch they were released and returned
home At the last term of the court
about 900 persons were indicted FOR
whitecapping. all of them being resi-.
dents Of Franklin county. All but six
" of them have been arrested and
have given bond for their appearance
al the next term OF the United States
Court to be held in November
The Supreme Court. In the case %
the Alabama 4 Nicksburg Railroad
IS. GrigShy Thomas. held that the third
mortgage bonds Of the old Vicksburg
Meridian Railway. amounting IN
II see Noo. were not valid Those
bonds we're issued in 1850. and We're a
third MORTGAGE on the property of the
read In 1853 the road defsulted on
the payment Of its interest on the sec
ond MORTGAGE bonds. and the bond
holders vent into the Federal Court
and n sale ~ tho road was ordered
this taking place in 1889 Under This
sale enough was realized to pay the
| first ard second mortgage bonds hut
the third mortgage bonds were never
paid Al this sale all OF the property
Of the road passed into the hands o'
parties who own the Alabama G
Nieksbu road which was organized
as the successor Of the Xicksburg 4
Meridian road.
Experieaeed oil men are preparing
10 bore for oil near wcssor Pro-ii \
nent Wessou parties who have had
some experience in other oil fields ere |
cosvincst that there is oil near that /
place. II is stated that some years |
ago the Mississippi Mills dug for an |
arte ian we'll getting down !. .s90 feet
when they struck rock and had tn |
abandon the well. II is said the rock |
they struck was oil-hesring rock. and |
IL they had persevered that they would /
have brought in an oil well The deal |
10 interest experienced parties in the |
proposition has been on for some time. |
and has now been closed up The pip
ing has been ordered, and as soon rs |
II is on the ground the work Of dig |
ging the well will begin.
The Alsh1-a q vicksburg road aas
served rotice on the Railroad Commits.
sion of an appeal TO the United States |
Supreme Court in the celebrated |
Vickshurg Meridian grain rate case re
4
Court. wherein the railroad was or
dered TO establish fat rate Of -.
cents per 100 on grain and grain prod |
ucts from vicksburg to Meridian. The |
appeal OF course. delays the enforce |
nent Of the Supreme Court mandate
recurring the railroad company to pro
nulgate the rate, and also has an i'm /
pOrtant bearing on the effort 20 secure /
similar rates from Greenville 10 towns /
in the Aberdeen group.
The Southern Express Company snd |
the American Express Company have
been cited to appear AZ the regular
August meeting Of the State Railroad |
Commission and show cause why the /
assessment Of their property should
not be revised. TIE commission has |
collected evidence through municipal |
tax assessors indicating that these
two companies have not made satiSfac-
tory returns Of their property for as
sessment
The personal assessment roll ~
Union county shows the handsome |
increase Of s23i. .;05 over that of last
year. the total valuation of personal |
property in the county being sss3 .Ga5
This county has shown a remarkable |
increase in tax values, and since 1908 |
the assessed value OF personal prop
erty In that county has almost doubled.
A farmers institute Is to be held At |
Mount Olive on August I, and will be
conducted under the auspices of the |
Agricultural and Mechanical College.
The schedule Of farmers institutes
low being prepared by the Agricultural
and Mechanical College officials will |
distribute these institutes all over the
State.
The fire record for the month Of July
will not be large. according to the re-
ports being received by Commissioner
Cole. There have been two big fires
this month, one at Crystal Springs |
and the other at Meridian The loss
ratio in the State since last January /
has been above the average. but not |
an high as the year before and while
the companies will make some money
this year, the amount Of net profit will |
not be very large Last year the com
panies were hit harder than any year
In which they have been doing busi-
ness in the State. and many of them
lost considerable money.
In the Criminal Court at vicksburg
some thirty clubmen of that city. who
had been indicted for gaming in their
respective clubhouses, were arraigned
before Judge Catchings There seemed
at first a disposition on the part of
several TO fight the Indictment, on the
ground that mans club is like his
home, and when within its walls he
may do as he pleases. Subsequently
the entire batch pleaded guilty as
charged. and the court imposed fine
Of s25 on each defendant. This was
coupled with = warning injunction L
from the bench that the fss impcse ed
was n5t Tie ez,it