Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-07-19

OF your state should not raI-.. their own
horses. mules, cattle ami hogs. the same
as we do in Illinois and Iowa conf
IDENTIFY believe our trip through your
State during the month Of October will
result in great practical good Yours
truly,
y. p. MERRY, c. l. A.
This letter contains pleasing informal
ton While the methods employed ard
advocated by Prof Holden might MT ex-
aetiy b. what would b required in this
section. he il undoubtedly in a position to
give valuable information The Mi--i--
sIppi Division Of the Southern Cotton A
sociaticu will furnish one or more able
men 10 talk on divrrsifcstion. and the
A. 4 NJ College. with it, exc.T.ent corps
OF speakers. will be prepared 10 give in
strtactiou ON various important subjects.
This special will he an innovation in The
SOUTH and il espacitatsd to do great
good il the people will show an interest
and come to meet the train at its -@v-
eral stops. That this interest i h~ing
awakened - proven by the in-Iuirir- that
reach this offie~ concerning the date il
will be at various stations alo.g the
routes named The schedule has not
been announced a. vet. nut all will be
furnished with this information a ~oon
as 1t i possible to do 40. Begin right
now to make your arrangements to meet
this train at your nearest railroad sta
tion and profit by what i offered
lack Of respect for the Christian rs-
ligion is to be deprecated above all
things. and the following sermon read
Young man by one Of our bright South
mississippi papers is worthy wide cir
eulation-
I'VE heard one of our young men max.
ing sport OF religion in front of our Of.
fic~ the other day. His mustache had
just bexun to sprout, and Judging from
his talk his mental faculties were not 40
well developed a. his mu-taehe. During
our brief STAY upon earth we have seen
many Just such young men cold in death
We have seen the atheist at rest in his
easket. but before being consigned tn
their last resting place they have all
been carried through the doors of a
church and had prayers said over them
This Young man could seoff at religion
in has strength and b~auty of health,
but If the dark angel should hover over
him he would instinetiveiy regret what
he had said and look into the future
with fear and trembling When one
stands before the open door Of eternity,
his desire to >eof at religion quickly
vanishe>. We admit that there are bad
men in the church. bat even these black
sheep in the flock might be blaeker If
they we're outside. No young man. OF
old one. either. <hor' eoademn the noble
efforts Of the army of Christian men
and women being made towards the bet
terment Of conditions in general. And
whether we attend church or not. few Of
us would desire to live in a community
where there was no church or influence OF
Christian people to b felt Young man,
in the future n ven must seor at rsIig-
iou. please get a little further from our
Office If you do not want to see your
name in print
To di-prove the impression that truck
ing - not profitable in the Northern end
of the State. the following from a Ten
nesse~ paper - offered.
"A Humboldt correspondent ot Nash
vile paper offers this concerning the old
cabbage crop Of his seetion: Although
the prizes received for >trawherrie> in the
Humboldt territory this season were not
quite 50 gooi as they shoald have been
to make the business especially pro6t-
able. the unusually hixh price Of cabbage
- more than making up for the shortage
in the other crop n an example Of
what the growers arr making of their
cabbage ervp. vouT Correspondents had a
talk with J. y. Dar~ty. an up-to--iAte
grower living here Mr.. Darety stated
that he had only a little over thre. aerps
/ in eahbag~. that wpuld make something
like 500 crat->- After paving for the
marketing Of hrs crop and the boxes in
which they were shipp~d. Mr.. Darety
said that he would clear a little over
Sf-0o PR crate. This makr- atour ss0i
for the crop. OF n<ariv s.Do pr acre.
Many Others have larger CROP. anil all
are receiving the same prie--4~
II this can he done. ami u = h-ing
done in Tennessee. there l. absolutely ~
reason why the industry should not -
conducted pxo6tabiy throughout North
Mississippi IL might not - well u try
every srtirle in the trucking line. bat
cabbage can be grown prorifzbly ami fol
lo.ed by n eurn crop larger than IL the
ground had not been already planted in
cabbage- Some OF the other plants
might be handled Just as well. and there
should be an effort made along this Iine
and let il BE- -~en Just what can be done
and with what success
Mr.. B. H. Mathews, Of Hemingway,
Holmes county. planted . lemon seed in q
! hot house. and the first result OF his ears
was . monster lemon that measured i've
and oue-half inches long. twelve ineiiss
in circumference and weighed seventeen
ounces This monster fruit was as large
- half . dozrn ordinary lemons. and
Eoes to prove what Mississippi can do
when the trial il halt made We need
people like Mr.. Mathews tn exemplify 70
our people what csn BE- done in our great
State with little effort
W r. Quinn. editor of the Neshoha
Democrat announces the following inno-
vzfion in his section: -On n trip up the
road few days since we fell in with our
friend. r. NJ Estis. of Noxapaper. who
is branching out IN q new line OF indus
| try for this section He has put in a
small canning factory and nursery His
| fruit and tomatoes compare favorably
with those shipped in here. In fact. in
test, his peaches were pronounced bet
ter than the California fruit ON this mar
ket He has a number Of trees ready for
transplanting this season.
That the railroads will bear their por-
tion OF the expense Of development. as
well a. participate in the general pros
perity that is now being experienced. Is
assured. The Railroad Commission has
raised their assessment something ike
twelve million dollars in the State. and
il is 70 BE- hoped that they will not re-
sist strenucusly the increase Other
rrcp>rty is showing q larger per cent Of
increase, and the railroads should fall in
line with the small farmer and others In
the way of paving taxes
Amcs LoveIess. Of Collins. writes inter
estingly on the handling of syrup, and
proposes something like the article from
Mr. Mercier this week Mr. Loveless Is
growing II successfully evc-7 year, mi
r-csrat.y, t-cs