Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-11-02
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS
Thinks Mississippi Will Win.

| J. y. Flowers, assistant attorn.y-gen-
eral ~ the state 81 Mississippi. has ~
turned frun Washington, where he has
been as representative of the state of
Mississippi In the boundary case he-
tween this state and Louisiana. Mr..
Flowers II very much encouraged To
believe that Mississippi i going to win
the suit, but says IL all depends on the
way the Supreme Court looks at the old
records. II that tribunal i convinced
that what Louisiana j. claiming was
never part OF the mainland allotted to
Louisiana. the ease i won for Missi--
,lppi. and vice versa. His argument il
that Louisiana a. originally marked out
contained only one island on this side of
the Mississippi river, and that is the
l. built.
Mr.. Flowers states that the territory
In controversy Ia va&iolsly estimated
AZ being worth from s5.naJ. 100 to saO.-
sv,oSS. and no matter which side to
the controversy wins. IL will have So
cured great legal victory. When tho
matter of apprupriating money for the
employment of attorneys To represent
the state of Mississippi was up before
the legislature nearly two year, ago. a
hrm of gulf coast oyster dealers de-
clared that they would give s2.eD,e go
| Tor the property. no matter who had ths.
right to sell IL. 1t il estimated that il
would rent for two or three hundred
thousand dollars.
During the past week the state treas
ury received the last s.0.0og ~ tho
sso,O.o that Gov. vauiaman borrowed
some months ago from the Mississippi
Bank and Trust Company Of Jackson
The treasury had gotten down To very
low ebb once more. b-.cau.s Of the pay
ment OF the pension fund amounting
10 the sum of s2sa a.fslo. and the fact that
very little money has cume in ~ late in
the way of taxes or from the sale of
cotton- The strong box Wa not any
thing a. near rs,k hottom as IL was
year ago. when there was only about
six bits left after days business. The
balance last week was snme s3.orl or
~ go only. so that il b-.cams necessary
10 replenish.
IL all of the farmers Of the State of
Mississippi raised cotton of the same
staple a that produced by r. W. Bris-
ter. a prominent farmer of tbs. Red
nondville neighborhood. in Yazoo
county, there would b. no necessity
for prununciamentos by the Cotton A.
sociation A. to prices that are To he as-
cepted. Last week Mr. Brister sold lilo
bales of the ieecy staple. every bale
weighing over so pounds. in Iazoo
City. for u cents, and IL was not the first
sale he had made at that price this sea-
son Yazoo City Is naturally boasting
OF being the best cotton market in the
State.
Superintendent Sims OF the MiSsis-
sippi Institution for the Blind. makes
public his report for the biennial period.
stating he had - pupil. last year. III
this, and that there has been no fatal
illness during his seven years connec-
tion. Financially the institution i in
good condition. the legislative appro-
priation being ample. The expendi-
| tures last year were si3.Gs: this year,
sll. 200. The trustees compliment DIR.
Sims management in the highest terms.
The Brooks-Scanlon Lumber Com
pany, Of Minneapolis. MINI. has pur-
chased the entire holdings Of the Ban
ler Lumber Company, in which tho
Messrs. Hampton of Magnolia are per-
hRp> the largest owners. The proper
~ OF the company consists in the main
OF large saw mill at kentwood, tho
kentwood and Eastern Railroad, with
all its equipment. and various large
tracts Of timber lands in adjacent terri
tory, both in Louisiana and Mississippi
The fact that the Cotton Plant gin has
ginned only one-third a. many bales of
cotton this year a up to the same time
last year. illustrates the shortness of
the crop in that section. And recent
frosts and heavy rains proved very
damaging to the crop still in the fields.
The Sardis and Delta Railroad COM
pany sent its annual report to the Rail-
road Commission, but reports no ex-
pen,es 80 far As can be discovered. and
the chances are that the report will be
returned to the company for revision
1t shows gross earnings Of s5,655.l2
Bonner Richardson, representing
Humphrey X Co, bought ~ bales of
cotton from j. NJ Kirk. of Gunni-on,
last week. paying l6s cents pound for
same. This is probably the highest
price paid for cotton in Mississippi this
year. Ii was extra tine staple, pulling
IL inches.
Trains Nos. II and " on the southern
railway which were taken from service
on account of the quarantine, were re-
sumcd last week. Train No. 4l west
bound from New York arrives in Mem
phis at o o'clock every morning. The
train eastbound for New York leaves
Memphis every night at o'clock.
The State of Mississippi has again
shown It's confidence in home industries
by placing the insurance on its big gins
on the Sunfower farm with the three
home companies-the Mississippi Home
of Vicksburg, the Merchants Union %
Meridian and the Mississippi Fire Of
jackson.
Macon's tax levy for the coming year
has been fixed at eighteen mills on the
dollar, being an increase over other
years on account of improvements In
the city.
Gov. Vardaman went Ia Clarksdale
last week where he sold 3l5 bales of
the States cotton. The entire lot
brought IL! cents Psr pound.
The annual statement of the Louis
vile and Nashville Railroad has been
received at the Office Of the Railroad
Commission. IL shows that for the
year ending on the Both Of June the
total receipts of the road in the State
of Mississippi were sl,079, ,i5s.2T, and
that the total expenditures, not count
ing taxes, amounting to SOL .997. IS,
we're s67l,7j396. This is on what is
known as the New Orleans Mobile di-
vision.
The Liberty-White Railroad Company
advised the Railroad Commission last
week that it had received its notifica-
tion OF the reduced rate on old school
books and that il accepts the rates.
Two blocks Of the business district of
the town of Magnolia, the county seat
of Pike county were destroyed by fire
last week. The total loss is between
s20, 100 and $4,000. The fire started
in the store of Charles Varnado, whose
| family had a narrow escape from the