Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-09-27

been demonstrated by our friend, r. F.
Wright of Leake county, living twenty
miles from the railroad. Mr.. Wright
Is model farmer and has all the con-
veniences Of the city at his country
home. BY request he gives the follow
ing description of his place:
In compliance with your request
will give q short description of my
waterworks way out here in the coun-
try, twenty miles from any railroad.
also send you photo OF windmill and
tank. This outfit furnishes all OF the
water we want We have q trough in
the horse lot that holds ten barrels Of
water with q float valve to it 50 that
when one bucket of water is taken out
another comes in without any help.
We have a sink in the store room and
hydrant and bath room fitted with a
$40 bath tub, hot and cold connections.
A hydrant at the front porch, thence
few rods to the store where another
hydrant is located, and then on to my
two sons houses, where they have all
the water they want. All supplied from
a fifty-barrel tank on q twenty-foot
tower. We are accorded the distinction
Of having one Of the best country stores
anywhere, besides the waterworks al
ready described. We have a first-class
plate glass front with ten sidelights,
making it light and airy in the summer
and warm and light In the winter. We
have nice farm and lots Of real con-
veniences, such as any farmer can
have. l started as cheap as anybody
could, my stock in trade being two
hands to work with and the poorest
land in the country roundabouts. So
only demonstrate to a certainty what
can be accomplished right here in the
interior of grand old Mississippi. We
are thinking of putting in electric lights
and be a town right. Say, we don't
have to move to town to have good
things; we've got 'em out here
And Mr.. Wright is sure enough sur
rounded by good things. He began at
the ground and built up His land
was poor at one time but is good now
and making large crops. He has the
couveniences of a town at his country
home and Is loved and respected by his
neighbors. Who can say that they are
better or more happily situated than
Mr.. Wright?
viii FL. Woods, NJ. D., secretary of
the Mississippi Division of the South
ern Cotton Association, upon his return
from a meeting OF the executive COM
mittee at Hot Springs, Ark, had the
following to say:
IAN things considered, this meeting
accomplished a great deal of good and
was characterized from start TO finish
by desire on the part of the delegates
to do business. The ten cent minimum
placed upon this years crop was done
to encourage the rank and file to hold
for ut least the meat and bread price.
The condition as reported from the diff
ferent States all went to show the mis-
take Of making any report of a proba-
BILE yield at this time. The reports Of
deterioration from all over the cotton
growing States since the reports TO the
association were received, and which
they would have had To have based
their estimates, did not, in the opinion
of the committee, justify an estimate at
this time The farmers of the South
are willing to live and let live, and only
ask that the cotton-buying world treat
them square. The action taken to in
corporate the association will place US
positively in the business world, and
methods will be instituted to obligats
the support of the membership of the
association. The trouble heretofore
has been the lack of business methods
in the association. and now that this
promises to be corrected | believe we
are entering upon a new era of positive
prosperity"
The meeting of county presidents,
secretaries and delegates ut Jackson
this week, at which time Messrs. Jor-
dan, Witherspoon and National Organ
izer Smith were to have been present,
was for the purpose of explaining the
plan to take care of distressed cotton
, and map out the campaign for fall
work. The people in general and the
members in particular should heed the
price fixed, and as far as possible aid
the association in winning the fight be-
gun, with a good chance of success.
Mrs. ". NJ. Yates of Coldwater has
two elephant ears" that attract atten-
tion on account of their size. One of
them measures four feet and three
inches in length and one inch in width.
The other is nearly as large. This
good lady believes that she has the
finest plants in the State, and would
like TO hear from others.
Contracts were recently signed for an
additional two miles for the Hatties-
burg street railway, which is under
construction The city will soon be
supplied with a metropolitan railway
that will furnish transportation to all
principal parts of the place. Real es-
tate is booming and a spirit Of progress
is evident everywhere.
Be proud of the fact that you are a
Mississippian, and take pains to let
those with whom you come in contact
know where you are from.
The Newton Record reports stalk
of corn grown by Mr.. Cobb Germany OF
Neshoba county that has ten fully de
veIoped ears on it. The stalk is OF
medium size and the ears are all good
ones. II will be on exhibition ut the
Exposition in Jackson from Nov. to
10, inclusive. 1t cannot be definitely
stated Just what kind of corn will be
on exhibition at that time. but the man
who beats this will have TO do some tall
hustlng.
When a man marries for money aions
he must wpat money pretty badly.