Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-08-30

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nIuns vii be Eiven for agricultural
horticultural. live ssucl< and other ew-
hihits. and the display 70 be made viii
no doubt open the eyes Of the thou
sands who will attend as TO What can be
accomplished in that universally rich
section Of the country The candidates
for State of.ices will be given an inning
and this feature alone viii 10 d0abe
bring large crowds. Many forms Of
amusement will be provided foe the en-
tertainment OF the crowd and reduced
rates On the railroads viii Be featured
10 bring people to YazDo City. Brook
haven sil hold . three DAYS ez-rivaI
about the same time and premiums for
proaarss will be literally giTen- The
Progressive Union i behind the move
and vii push il 10 sGcce>ss4 al tsruina-
ton Senarobia aud other towns are
contemplating something OF the kind
and viii likely announce dates sou
The writer hopes 10 see each Of these
events prove the foundation for regular
eDunfy fairs his views as 20 the bene-
its IN be derived being tso well known
to require repeating here
A strung point IN favor os the ealfIva-
ton Of vegetables for the market IS
found IN the fact that il i diversified
ton Of crops and necessarily rotation
With the diversiscztio1 ir AFFORDS the
farmer : nos likely 10 make \ complete
failure One OF the largest truckers IN
the State IN writing the Department n
few days since has this ID saw We
are pleased r0 state that the vegetable
season as a whole, wound up very sat
istactorily, and we hope 20 be able To
continue TO hold our own IL roe to fur
ther expand this business N the future
Just no~ most Of our people ourselves
inciasiesi- are feeling Iirtle blue over
the severe decline IN the price Of cot
ton and the loss from excessive heat
and druurh in the cotton selas. and ~
gard ourselves 1s fortunate that ne are
rot depenslent exclusively upon eutson.
although we stilI regard the staple as
the uost important crop that can BE-
zro<n-
The sppearanre Of n single case Of
yeIIr= fever IN Louisiana should not
alarm our people Il l. thoroughly 80
lated and the proper precautions being
taken to prevent \ spread Even L i
should spread. there i absolutely M
occasion for alarm With present day
methods Of handling the disease the
mortality rate i less than for any Other
<nown coutagio1- An epidemic Of a
grippe in New York has much larger
per cent Of fatalities. and the typhoid
epidemic IN Washington AZ present
proves fatal in . much larger per cent.
Then Why will our people eUufIp1e %
become pauie-srri<<en n the Appear
anee Of few casesof this f-verz Only
few years back smallpox was Iust a
much fezre,l. but nov Iittle attention :
paid 10 IL We might A. vel get used
TO the fever and act sensible about IT,
The building Of the Panama canal and
The direct communication with Central
and South American countries viii
keep u expo-ed 20 Il and the soccer re
ges used 70 i- the better
While attending 01e Of the fairs ~
eently the writer had the pleasure oi
making the aequsinranes q gsntis-
man Who : said 20 have the za<isl farz
for Mississippi. and a nan Who = call
ed upon 0ften 10 tell his brosher fArn-
ers how ne dos IL He stated that tov
rore than two years he bad sesn keep
ing M closely with the GREATER Nj
sissippi- department. in the pagers zna
believed the work uudeEtzken Ezs ooe
Of the most important ever in1aSzrzsed
IN the State The eniorsenenf- ev-z-
inr as it did. from y raa sho , csmpe-
tent TO Judge, Was = source Of zrsa'
satisfaction 70 the writer, encourage
him to renewed efforts for greater re
suits in the future
Harriesburx viii soon begin artral
work on the construction of an electrit
street railway 20 cover the inporsanl
parts Of the city Street paving vii
be commenced in thirty days and ths
street car company viii build theil
lines Iuss ahead Of the paving gangs
Hartiesburg Is fast taking on city air
and i experiencing q wonderful perioc
of prosperity
Editor Hight of the Louisville Jour
nal IS urging his people to organize
business league for the advancement o
.he towns Interests There Ein bs
xork a plenty for the organization ane
the town without one Is throwing aHay
opportunities for Improvement along
all lsnss-
The sheriff OF Coahoma county
arranging 10 make campaign agains'
i transient vendors Of various article.
shss have been evading the priyilegs
rax laws This move Is made for pro
Y tecsiou To the home merchant
A very compesens authority has said
that no. : the time for farmer u
commence travelling Up and down M
roxs of cSrton selecting the largest and
bess boIls TO have ginned separate from
the crop 10 get seed for next spring.
planting BY this means be can seeurs
SEED that would Otherwise cost him a.
least a Der bushel. and the result VII
| BE- shoxn Ia a better crop the next
1 rear. Many Of the fancy sod o1ere<
xere nz,se from this plan OF always
s.i.esinx the best from rear 70 year