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

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finls deposits ssseiifs sa- 7st 70
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Athr d~f-'sit> -.-..-... ..--.--.... Ia& p.r cent
This Is wonderful showing for a four
year perio-i. While the number os
banks .or the four wear perio.I had more
than doubled. the percentage being liz,
the greater increase in bath loans and
Discounts and individual deposits show
the actual business had exceeded ,he-.,
figures II and ~ per cent. respectively.
SO il appears that this would be sat
i-fact,ry answer tn the proposition that
hanks are being organized tco fast in
Mississippi. The only proposition
showing decrease was that of stocks
and bonds. amounting tn per cent,
which is u healthy Indication. tending
to show more active demand for
money than that found in fixed invest
menrs such ~ -tocks, bonds. etc. which
bear a comparatively low rate of inter-
est and depress rather than stimulate
general industrial affairs by tying up
the sums invested therein and removing
them from the active channels OF circu-
lation. The profits OF manufacturing
and developing farming lands have al
most put the bond Investment out OF
business. Mississippi offers too much
in the way OF dividends On money prop
erly invested Ia allow much Of il to 20
into securities bearing per cent
The booklet recently compiled by
David Holt OF the Biloxi Herald and
published for general distribution by
the Biloxi Commercial Club. entitled
".About Biloxi. ON the Mississippi Gulf
Coast Is er,.ditable publication in
deed and will bs worth many good dol
lars 10 that section of country. It deals
in facts and figures concerning Biloxi
and the territory adjacent thereto. and
i embellished with splendid cuts OF
point, Of interest. More matter of this
kind should be prepared descriptive OF
Mississippi and her incompatible re-
sources and distributed to all points Of
the compass. Let the world know
what We have to offer good people, and
in short time the labor problem will
be permanently solved.
The bill proposed by Mr.. Chapman
OF Sunhower for Kidding the country of
the blind tiger il attracting a great
deal of attention, and much favorable
comment is made on it. 1t provides
that the governor be- empowered To
employ force of detectives. not to ex-
ceed six in number. who shall be under
his control, and for Use in any county
where there is supposed to be infraction
of the law by the illicit sale Of whisky.
The bill provides that one-half the ex-
pense be borne by the county in which
work is done, the other to be paid from
State funds. IL contains many good
features, and will no doubt receive
careful consideration at the hands Of
the lawmakers.
Quite . number of the Mississippi
papers complinented their readers
with handsome holiday numbers. some
of them being splendid magazines that
would be hard to beat anywhere. IL is
remarkable fact that in no line Of
business Is there a more marked i'm
provement than in the newspapers OF
our State. There is nothing that gives
the writer more pleasure than 10 see
the patronage accorded them and tho
bettering of conditions in the fourth
estate in general.
will have a railroad in the very near
future. Announcement Is made that
the Illinois Central will construct q
branch in there at an early day. Ground
for depot facilities has been bought and
decided to the railroad company. A
large numbering plant will be built
which will employ a big force of hands.
Charleston is looking up indeed and
will soon be one of the best towns in
the State.
The Newton Compress Company re-
ports 80 bales of cotton compressed
in one day and that, too, of export cot
ton, requiring eight ties to the bale IL
was record run. and IL is now up to
some other aspiring compress to come
forward and beat the showing made at
Newton.
laurel. at present one of the largest
lumber producing points in the State,
is to have another big mill. The Card
Lumber Company Is building an inn
mense plant there with a daily capacity
of 73.0co feet
IL Is gratifying to see man WIN is
always hoping for the best. He il q
more welcome fellow than the one who
is looking for the worst and who : dis
appointed if it does not turn up. but
better still Is the man who goes to work
and brings about the best He not only
hopes, but expects and does something
to bring it about.
W. w. Sorter of Monroe county re-
Gently marketed q fine load of cabbage
in Aberdeen and received two and one
half cents :~r pound Cor the same