Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-08-23

On the eth Of September . unissus -
union viii Be- held at Mortsns Chapel.
IN Alcurn county Prot Clover. teacher
OF vocal music. and Who has Taught
through that section for years. has in
vitest all Of his former pupils to meet
him ON that date in . great musical fes-
tisal and TO bring the Old hscks that con-
tain sons> that al can sing. II 10 pre-
dictei that hundreds sf p,.ps< viii ~ IN
stteAiAare. and that if VII ~ the larx~
Tha shrimp ssason b on down On the
ecsse- This s an industry that xiv-s
employment to . large number of p>ovis
and is . good sozrr~ Of r-r-rus tn sh.s<
engnged IN il. Ths waters Of Ai~si~~ippi
sound yield every year thousand. Of dol-
lars in the vay OF revenue from the IN
significant loskinx shrimp. ton. of them
b.,Rg caught and eann-i- Fi-h and
crabs, to say nothing Of the oyster. are
alsS items Of pro6t TO the people alonx
cur stretch Of water 'front.'
The remarkable growth Of Water VAL
ley ealis for thu erection of m additional
school building To scrommoiate the Iarxs
numbsr Of children that would take Si-
vantage Of the opportunity to s>-ur- an
eiucatien- The enrerprisinx citizrns Of
that place must heed this call and pro-
vide the building. Water Valley Is away
up head IN the list of progressive towns
IN the State and must retain that proud
position
The long dravn-sut contest over the
removal Of the courtheuse in Simpson
county has ~ last been brought to .
dcse. The county site viii be at Mem
denhan and all factions have come to
g-ther IN the request for An mp -so-daes
building eommensurate with the neesis
Of . great and growing county. Mem
, denh2H . supposed TO put On hsr get
there clothes nv and bud into Q rsal
live and prcgressivs little city
The arse h.ls Of Mississippi cotton
marketed was At Columbia. Ii brought
| 10 cents and several articles rs prerni-
ums The bale was forwarded % New
uriesn<. where II vas acrorsiei the honor
Of b<snx the first TO Be received from
Mississippi 50 our great stapl- 1op
has b>xun TO move Our people Will feed
god in q short time Bew that ssmethinx
IKE yloo. .0ooo. 900 viii b turned ints
the channels Of trade from this sn< crop
sluna, - ay nothing Of otaerx
II
h nereAanfs Of Pcntoese are build
ING = neat and eommoiious camp house
AL ward for the use Of customers that
are eomp<iled 10 stay in town ever night
The iIea. while not o new one bv anv
menn<. : god one The town that Of
fer> the most fsr custom VIII get il. and
IN this day and time nearly all are Of
f-rins -omeshing-
While The weather IN Mississippi has
been prerty warm for the past two
weeks. we should not forget that il was
-eally hot IN Chicago and New York
In the latter place there wer. twenty
dencAx from heat pru>trstious in n single
Day The climate of our section u unr
surpassed by that N anv part OF the
cuuntry. snd take ir all IN all there 10
M part 0f the Unite.t States that sffers
Esnrs 10 the man hunting q home than
doss our beloved State Of Mississippi
Laurel vii try sowing the washer
woman question BY establishing q hams
laundry with improved machinery Two
OF shr-e towns in the >sate have already
adopted this pan. and from reports ind
that It works nlr>iy. The inability IN
get n~xro uaxherwom<n has esmp<ile-t
/ the ss;opespn Of ether methods. and the
/. laundry fur hsme washing has prvxen
the b~-s thing where gwen a far trial
Hasriesbary = 70 have . SIX sssry Of
See building, sith all Of the -snvenlenr~s
of modern times Plans and sp~csfsea-
rssns have b~~u .rr~ps~i and rontr~strrs
are ssw 6gzrinx preparatory % sub
misrinx bsi< Lieutenant Gsx-rnor Car
srr . said tn Be b<hinf the Proiecs. and
Ic vii 70 through II he =. HARRISBURG
- very prosperous and bsdp fzlr 10 saoa
I rial some OF the other cities IN we2lta
sa'i population
A stock eompanv Is beng formed to
build an si~rsrie line from Ssarkviile To
the A and NJ College. Reports indi-
cate that ths project viii 60 through
IL . badly needed and even If the gen.
tIem~n behind the gun charge 10 ernss
for the on<- way trip, il would Be great
eony<ni<nre and blessing HerxHs l1<k
to the enterprise
Yazoo CITY has r-organisrd her Busi-
mesa League and vii get down to solid
husslinx aeain T. H. Campbell has
! been elertesr president and Is made OF
| the material that viii push ths organi-
rztion along. No town or city should b
without an organization of business men
to Iook after the best interests of the
| community-
l The two most important offciAls TO
Be elected next year are members Of the
legislature and Boards of Supervisors
/ The very best men snould be s<iected for
these plaees-men who are safe. progress
i've and active Mem who are above re-
proaeh in every respect, and especially
ufn Who could not be swerved from the
path Of duty BY the siren song OF the
man with bocdle or preferment TO offer
Elect your best men to the legislative
offices and cur grand old State viii con-
tinue TO prosper in the future ss in thu
past Give this serious CONSIDERATION
Claiborne county contracts for tho
xarking of no miles of public roads by
contract, the price paid being S4s per
mile the first year and ss25o the Sec
ond- IL Is TO be hoped that the con-
tractor will do his duty asd that CiAi-
borne viii receive the benefit that So
should from this expenditure The SUE
eess of this experiment means much To
the pssple OF that county Another good
move In old Claiborne was the formation
of an alfalfa club for the purpose Of ex-
ren.3fuv tke ulnrtinr of alfalfa for hgv.