Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1907-05-23

laNVraoie 20 the production uf q major
ity OF the trucking crops. cabbage sem
TO have thrived In spite Of the unfavor~
anie conditions and the growers are
reaping handsome returns FROM their
shipments. W. ;. Catchings % G.orrs--
town, Copiah county. planted tive and
one-half acres in cabbage and up 10 the
llth had nctsed the handsome sum of
sl-S5 and was not through shipping
then Unfavorable conditions a. other
points in the cabbage belt made the
prices received by Mississippi growers
Aonormally high. Crystal Springs Is
also IN good condition a. 10 cabhags-,
shipping a. high as twenty-five cars in
day, the good prices making up some
what for the backward condition OF the
tomato crop. Trucking is not difereu,
from other crops in the fuctuation of
priees-some years being good and
others not so favorable. Last wear a
good price was received for tomatoes
and the present year starts OF well in
the cabbage line. II tomatoes bring
ssin prices the TRUCKERS will be eorre-
spoudingly happy and will soon forget
the unfavorabie weather at the begin
ming OF the season.
II Is to De sincerely hoped that the
visit OF President Clark oi the MiSsis-
siPpi division OF the Farmers Educa-
tional and Cooperative Union 20 Vienna.
Austria, for conferences With the
spinners OF Europe, will result in sub
stantial good to the cotton growing in
iereS;s. such . Conference will bring
the two interests closer together and
bring about an understanding that will
eventually eliminate the middlemen
and their profits, giving TO the planter
that which has in the past been lost in
speculation and profits 70 intermediate
dealers Ii Is gratifying to note the
harmony existing between these power
ful organizations. both working tOWa-d
the same ens and in the interas, 81 the
same people-the producer.
The new county of 'Fnresf- vas
almost unanimously voted by the eiti-
zens Of the same recently. This county
will be composed Of the western half ot
the old county OF Perry with HAf-ies-
burg as the county site. Mississippi
will. after the tirs; Of January. be CON-
posed of : counties and from the Aei-
taiion in various quarters, more viii
be authorized by the sitting Of ;he next
legislature. The rapid developnsu os
the southern half of the state prunpts
the people 70 make the larger counties
into smaller and uore convenient d.
visions. Within the past few years
number Of new counties have been
formed and several made into tao court
districts
The clothing factories q our State,
SIX in number, are experiencing
healthy business. giving 70 the oxners
dividend of profit and furnishing
labor for people who have heretofor-
had little or nothing they could do to
make a living. Che pay in these fac
tories i much better than IN the cotton
mills and : more inviting N every
way. Pity lis that ,here are 10, more OF
them Mississippi should a. least mako
the trousers necessary 10 clothe her
population
President Lewis Of the Kinds county
board of supervisors has placed himself
on record as fayoring the purchase of
q good and reliable pack of biool-
hounds for running down criminals and
a purchase will be made as soon as the
kind of dogs desired can be had. There
ought TO be a pack of good dogs in
every county in the State. as much
prevention TO crime as catching ths
criminal afterwards.
The matter of farmers contract"
with the telephone corporation that has
. monopoly in the State Is still in doubt
So soon as 4 copy of this contract can
be secured it will De given ample pub
licity.
The newspaper fraternity IS holding
the annual meeting in Jackson this
week where 4 cordial reception Is BE-
ing given. The sApers are largely in
the hands of the devil while the
editors are away, and some one viii oe
unkind enough to intimate that they
show q decided Improvement This
annual outing is the one sasis in the
life of the country newspaper editor
and Is of course hugely enjoyed. They
are class that does more free work
and generally gets less thanks for the
same than any people on earth But
such is life in this day and time
The Patrons Union viii hold the reg
ular midsummer meeting at the
grounds near Lake, Scott county, the
latter days of July and the first days of
August. An interesting program has
been prepared for this year and ar
made for u much better
event than in the past few years. 1t is
an educational as well a. an entertain
ment institution, and deserves the un-
qualified Endorsement Of the good peo-
ne of that section OF the State. We
need more just such affairs, and the
increasing interest is given Us proof of