Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1906-11-15
VOL. XXI.

more acute day By day. Not only do
the manufacturing interests feel this
shcrtage sensibly. but the agricultural
people are also very much in need Of
help. An over the State there = . err
for help TO pick the eoetoa erop and
pther corn blown down BY The storm
It ID freely predicted that . great deal
Of cotton viii be turned under in the
spring on account of an insuf6eieney %
labor = gather it, Then. in hooking for
= this. il IS well to take into
several causes We need
more th1-- rwice as much labor to op-
crate the Z torres and railroads a. few
years ago. the increase along these lines
being phenomenal The increasing prev
alenre OF intensified farming Is calling
for more men to cultivate the same acre
age with corresponding increase in pro-
duction and of course more men are
needed for harvesting. This Is but III.
beginning Of aa era that viii demand in
eEe- > labor and It behooves cur people
to study well the n~r~ssities and PRO
vi4e for them- Il Is n well known fact
that there are thousands Of able BODIED
men in the State Who are doing nothing
and have no visible means of support
They lie aroani the cities and towns
sflirx away time -r'i do rrt turn hand
90 worS OF any eharacle.- IL the county
and municipal of Gers Of the State would
strsrtiy enforc~ the vsgrzney law on cur
statute bsoks. the ssrin~~ncy in labor
eonsiitions would be relieved for a time.
at I>.st- Forre the Migrants TO 20 to
work or leave the State and thousands
cf them would 60 To work. While some
would srck more conxrnEAl s~his@ We
would be nd Of an el~uent that carries
danx~r with IL as well a. be Of assist
ane~ to tho-e in need Of men and xillirs
10 pay hAni>oneiy for th<n- The Of
1c-rs could N few days furnish a xrvas
nxny thousand hburrrs il they would
bat enforce the law Thea IL = cur
iuty TO elect only good. moral and fear
l-s< men to enforre our laws asa back
them up With . strong pablie s-ntiE<nt
that vii insure their enforr~n<nf- Our
evn people are responsible for present
roniitionx and the promise Is for mnrh
wurss, unless q change Is made. Weak
and inef1cient n<n, good fellows out Of
. lo6. immoral wrecks and in<hrsates.
shsuId rot be selected TO I'll positions Of
trust The p<rp<tzity Of eur State II
- = 49, xxts~
nen and haek them up IN the enforr~-
nens Of the law The present eoussitisns
and impending trouble call for a careful
study OF these ALTERS By Cur people and
intellix~nt aerson-
II you can't say . good werd fer y0sr
eopnuniry. dont say ANYTHING. Just
before knocking slip OF somewhere and
% TO sleep. or b~tter stilI. sip ID 20
sonae place where yOu can boast instead
al knock
Speak well Of the eoumunity IN Which
yuu live. OF hunt one that = more eon-
genial II yodr town OF n<ighhsrbooa =
not what il should b. yOa are JUST -
nueh To blame zs any other mah Il =
Just what the eitixrn< make t. One Of
sur bright exchanges has the following
to say along tAis line AM there - n
great deal ef gospel truth in IL too=
We still have eEe OF tue men IN rhis
community who stand around on the
street corners an.t from morning until
night complain about the town. th<lr
neixhbors, thsir taxes and the weather
Such men are mixhtv coz-nncn elay. AID
IL Is fortunate. indeed. that ne have 50
few Of them Th~y are of no use TO
the community. their fAmili<z ar their
sod They se>m % hve. but NJ cue can
tel how OF Why Like mosquitoes and
eies. they are not fatal bat d<axrre~h,e
% have about IL Is not neces~sry to
publish th>ir names. for they are too
vel known already
Jones county Is worthy OF nstSrr- On
August IL J. NJ Lindsey. OF Laurel.
parked an 80 pound melon from his VINES
Ii was shipped to Poughkesp~i<. y "
by q young gentleman eounseted with
the NJ, J. 4 x c. railroad and arrived
there on the e0eh- The me4ea Was ex-
hnb<ed ON the streets Of Poaghkeepsse
for dzy or 80 and attracted \ zrea.
deal Of attention On account OF its enor-
NOUS >i.r- being the largest ever shown
there !. vas then psssed On eoaa s.ots
sxe until September 70 wnsn u vas
placed ON exnaostion AZ .ne Inieness eoun-
y tNe~ York; fzlr and vas admired oy
the thousands OF visitors VINO were IN Az,
tendance IL WAS again placed In cold
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- "a : :, .x.,~rr~ of
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