Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1907-10-31

correSpondingiy happy and cOntented.
There will few leave This fall in aues,
of riches in other countries Of pnumise.
Sssissippi j. a. good as the best, the
only trouble being in the fact that we
have not known it all along. Little II
any effort has been made 10 develop
our resources until within the pas, few
years and things have ruckcd along in
a hap7y-go-lucky way. Eut the change
desired Is taking place aud better times
are upon us, even at the present mo-
meni. Then lets keep up the lick and
guarantee a continuance OF prosperous
times. The farmers are organizing and
making an earnest effort 10 improve
their corditicn, and upon t.eir pros
pcrity depends tse prosperity OF the en-
tire State. Il j. the duty of every per-
son. makes no difference in what line
Of business. 20 assist in this work,
business obligation as well.
In looking around for this satisfac-
tory improvement and the cause there
are many things TO take into eonsidera-
tion, but the writer believes that one
OF the greatest factors has been the ~
Iuvenated fair spirit, the building up
Of county fairs and the state fair. IL i
= fact that eanno, be confradicted tha;
communities sustaining live fair are
doing better than those that have moth
ing Of the kind IL brings the people
together once year in fra,ernal meet
ing; they see Wat their neighbor hss
accomplished. and after bearing how it
was done are encouraged TO make the
effort themselves. Mississippi has fur
nished multiplied thousands OF the best
people on earth to make the Empire
state Of Texas what she i today To the
deiriment of our own Texas has fifty
county fairs and the great Texas state
fair at Dallas. more than twenty years
old, and the largest ia the South. The
Texas legislature makes liberal apprc~
p-iations TO the support Of this fair. a.
do the legislatures Of nearly every
southern State. aid find Is the bes; in
ve>tment that cen possibly be made.
The people demand an outing a. least
once each year and the fair ! both
entertaining and highly instructive.
Mississippi Is awakening 20 the i'm
portanoe Of fairs and more are heiEE
held this year than ever before in the
history Of the State. The first At \ lazco
City Was held last week and Was ! nag
niaceui success. Tie people Of that
splendid county took the greatest IN
teresf and the exhibits we're up TO n
high standard. Il viii be worth untold
thousands Of dosars To the people in
the end Copiah county, the banner
trucking county % the state. held her
first regular fair the week before and
at its close a regular love feast xa-
held. Planters. stockmen. bankers.
merchants and all expressed themselves
as delighted with the initial attempt
and pledged their undivided support 20
its permanency. The reports from
every point are OF a similar nature
The writer hopes to assis: in the or
sanization of at least half dozen BeE
ones for next fall. Creenville. H4,,ies-
burg, Greenwood, Kosciusko. Meridian
and a dozen other points arc agitating
the subject and it Is to be sincerely
hoped that tang ible results viii follow
the organization.
The great State fair begins next
Tuesday at jackson and continues until
Saturday, the 10th. Everything is in
readiness and the event promises to Be
much better than ever before. The
railroads have all granted a rate OF ore
fare for the round trip plus - cents.
and an attendance of near 10000 Is ex-
pected. Let the man who does not be-
lieve in fairs come for one or two days.
study carefully the interest shown and
the instruction received, investigate for
himself and then pass upon the possible
benefits TO great commonwealth like
Mississippi Of gooi State fair.
No city in Mississippi has experienced
more phenomenal growth than Hat
tiesharg for the pas. fouryears. 1t has
discarded the swaddling clothes of L
country town and grown into an up-to-
date city with all conveniences and ne
cessities- Five and six story buildings
have replaced those OF less preien-
tious nature, the streets have been
paved, factories built and the popula-
tion pushed to above 2O,Oa0. Hatties-
burg is the delight OF all loyal Missis-
sippians rs live, hustling metropolis.
A bale of cotton made into handker-
chiefs will bring the manufacturer
something like sl,2co. The difference
of 81, ,lJ0 is lost to the South where lit
tie cotton is manufactured into the finer
fabrics, but there is q change to take
place that will save this to us. The
factories are gradually coming TO the
fields and within a few more years there
will be = different tale to tell.
Mississippi chickens swept the field
at the louisiana State Fair and brough,
back nearly all the cash prizes. This
is good showing for Mississippi to GO
down and capture SO much of the SIS.
coo donated BY the legislature of Louis
lana for State Fair premiums. Let's
get 1t all next time
The town OF Magnolia and county oi
Pike will cooperate in the improve
ment of roads leading to that place.
This Is commendable on the part ol
both parties TO the agreement Co
operation IS the word.
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S. C. Stokes OF near Gloster made
with his family this year twenty bales
OF cotton and will have no trouble ID
gathering all of il This is pretty good
farming for one family, especially wher
it is taken into consideration that other
crops were raised besides cotton.
Mississippi may or may not have beer
the site of the Garden of Eden. but il
IL fact that with the proper handling
it can be made the nearest to thai