Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-02-09


Northern While the proximity Of a
large town or city Is necessary for the
success q an electric power plant. in
divifuai manufacturing plants can be
built almost anywhere II you own a
water power. get what il Is worth be
fore letting il go.
While a round dozen large brick fac
tories we're organized and put IN opera.
tiou in the State last year. several
times that number % private plants
were built. and still there Is a never
ending demand that the plants cannot
well supply This ~ an indication
that more substantial buildings are be
ing erected than ever before and more
Of them
lndianola has orgaaired a board os
trade and will make an Organized es
fort for the towns adva-cern.ut. Good
huxtlsrs have heen placed in charge.
ard it Is expected that matters in thi.
thriving delta town viii Be given a
great impetus 1t Il already growing
fast
The report of the superintendent Of
Ssnatobi&'s municipal light and water
plant Is very gratifying - the citI--ns
% that place. L Is dotnx spIentfdiy
and will prove a good Investment
Greenwood still continues the asita
tion for an electric railway. and nov
believes that IL will be in operation by
fall There Is no accounting for What
Greenwood will and can do when the
fssasartNsa k.n.~~r4.s sks4-s.rra~hFv
the necessity Of the thing.
Aekerman will begin trucking on .
small scale this season An expert
eneed nan has been employed TO su
pervise the planting and cuitivatinS
As well as the gathering Of the crops
Success this year will insure 4 much
larger planting next. and with she pre-
cautions taken. there seems TO b. no
reason why the experiment should not
prove 4 Success
Gulfport Is busily engaged in taking
n census to see how fast she IL grow
inS- Il seems that IL has beea hut
little more than a year since the in
habitanfs we're enumerated. but then
the city is growing 80 fast that a hns
showing viii no doubt be made az this
time also.
A most cornrenfable piece OF work
has been reported from Guntoxn
where a local bank paid for 100 sub
seriptious 10 the Hot Times. the home
paper. and sent them 20 its patrons
for year Il ~ill prove a good invest
nent for both the bank and the paper
A town is largely judged away from
home by the appearance Of the local
papers. and this piece % business gen
erosity on the part Of the GuntOwn
hank will be Of benefit 20 the paper.
Then. too. the prosperity and business
Of the town is largely the work of the
paper. 50 II there Is more business for
the town there will as a matter q
course. be more business for the bank
So the action Of the bank in question
Was a good business move T. i nav
feared that large number OF rewspa-
pers will want to move to Guntovn-
Corfnth has always had the reputa-
tion Of enforcing the existing laws
with stringency. and has come to the
front recently with another order Of
enforcement that causes some to com
plain Laws are made to be enforced. |
and il the people do not like them or |
believe them to be unjust. they should |
be repealed. not allowed to be broken /
with impunity The officers of Corinth /
are doing exactly right in strictly en-
forcing the law Is il appears in the /
books The greatness OF our common |
wealth is founded upon law and pre-
served in its enforcement