Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-11-01

their real value was there would be no
more emigration to countries that have
been exploited as Eldorados and Prom
ised Lands Our own State offers more
to the husbandman than any in the
Union Our lands are capable. with
handling, Of bringing great
returns There ara no wornou, lands
here That Is. lands that could not be
reclaimed and made to produce abun-
dainty. We have no great areas aban-
doned like large sections of the Eas;
where the people have moved away be-
cause they could no longer produce the
necessaries OF life. With the use OF
common sense our lands get better as
they get older, and the following from
the Ripley Sentinel i reproduced as
evidence that land in constant cultiva-
tion for sixty years i still good and
growing more crop than that but re-
Gently placed in cultivation and handled
in slovenly manner:
Mr. c. {. Jones OF Dumas was sell
ing cotton in Ridley Monday and while
here he said in an interview with the
Sentinel, that the bale he sold Monday
was picked from one acre of ground and
that he would get another picking of
six or seven hundred pounds from the
same patch This acre Of ground will
yield Mr.. Jones q little more than two
thousand pounds of seed cotton, and
some was lost during the recent wind
and rainstorr- On this acre Ot land,
which i an old field bench land. and
was put in cultivation about sixty Years
ago. Mr.. Jones applied about fourteen
loads Of ordinary baruyard manure.
This : what can be d0ue in Tippah
county but i not the best tha, can b
accomplished Who wiIl be The first 10
report two bales from ore acre.
Our people generally Ioox NTH su--
picioz aai dis;rlls; upon the roveru-ueut
reports that show 4 l4rge average of
coru yield - he are IN Ioxz and other
ccrn St1tes. or wou6er hor ir ! eore.
Prot. HoIGsn u the CaExe-Sity Of Ioxa
Wa With the --Dsversisei Farming
Special- three daYs All Tod plAszlv
how Il "a done am zen: On 20 shus
that N1fh the ssIzne caze 4zai irteiIi.sns
ha1eIlzS Mississippi and Eould PRO-
dnce a. mueh eurn p@r acre as that Of
ioxa Or zav ether STATE 4 proof OF
this ASSERTION : soazd q the izss issSse
of the Ealzes County Ti1ss. where .
special egr-e>pondezs- " a Ear-k-
COX visited the fArz e Ahe SAep-
herd ard invssti<azezt he raiSi1x Of
10 bzzsd.ls u ourn uz az are u xrus1r1
which Nr- Shepherd aecuzpllsh=s. Eirk-
cut seriozs ;roahIe- Tkis ezDrzGGs
weld xas rzkea suula <rszzlz that Aat
been IN cultivation sst~cfF yeA<s. and
aeeorsiuz % tie u-eal ha1s9lis- ot 0S4r
Land. wouLf have hs.~u worz oGt more
than haIf csnrgry sEa &r. -Aeph<ri
Sot H. had IN the -zzs- 2s vel. n
his music and c-ibh-xi la bszshels
frucu Al arr Thaf : Al fhers = % i
aaa ans aoiy can ID nszriy - vel z
they VII ~ PrOpsriy-
The Lafayette County Farmers uiou
: VERY -aeh in earnest rurcrruing tks
PROPOSITION "a or-anize n each county
IN the STATE a eoupany tor tbe purpose
ot taxing a. cotton seed Of the market
wher il : offered for ieSs than sl5 per
ton g. r HiEhtower. chairman Of
the executive eoEnmistee Of that eoun-
". has addressed letter toeaeh Of the
urions throughout the state urging
them 70 action. a1d Il will 10 doubs
have a sood eject Il ! clearly shown
that with plan Of this kind in force
the farmer can b. sure Of receiving the
Hmi. Of SIS per ton for his seed. what
they are certainly worth Any surplus
rha. may b offered a. less than rhas
anoun. = taken up By the company and
ali interested pruGt b. the orgaEiza-
oa. L : nothing more than busi-
ness propositio1. and il i - be hoped
rhAt the farmers viii gladly cooperate
in the movement
After 4 long period OF determined
effort. the Greenville Business League
has succeeded in getting an additional
train over the southern into that city.
The fight has been waged vigorously
from the beginning. Is finally oecOEntng
necessary 70 take the matter before the
railrtad commission. The Greenwood
League also came in aud assisted in the
good work The success attending this
effort should be cause of eucgratula-
ton 10 the officers and members of the
trade organizations. and make them
more appreciated 4, home than ever
before
Virgins i experiencing sorneshIng
Of . boom in ! general way The eiti-
zens are hustiing. real estate Is in de-
nand and business Is COED frOm every
standpoint. Virgins IS a real live
ro~n and deserves good things.
Our Mississippi farmers might 40
we'll to remember that not 80 much
strength Is required n do things. but
that great deal Is often necessary 10
decide what i the best 10 do. Brains
are Just A. important IN the handling of
4 farm As ordinary muscular eSertion-
Yazoo City not only scored success
with her carnival bat Is still in quest
OF more light. The franchise for new
gas plant was recently granted BY the
town council and il : promised that
within few months 1t the farthest
the citizens of that progressive burg
can have all the gas they want al =
price tia. viii be satisfactory
Taking in5ocons.deraticn everything.
there Is no State with more Eo.ofter tho
man z-eking home Lax Mississippi