Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1907-05-02

The proposition OF President Hanson
OF the Gulf Compress Co., known as the
trust in tht compress line, Is agitating
the proposition to locate delinting
plants at ocean and gulf ports to dclint
cotton seed for export lie claims that
the price offered for delinted seed by
foreign mills is in tcess of the price
paid by home mills. Mr.. Hanson's sug-
gestion may be all right, but 1t might
be well for our peopic to carefully in
vestigate the matter before giving IL
their endorsement. OF course, II the
sec are crushed abroad our home mills
would be deprived Of the job and that
much money paid for labor sent away
from home. Then, too, II foreign
cru 'hers can afford tn pay more than
the home mills are Offering there Is
something else wrong. The mills have
an understanding with reference to the
price OF seed that smacks strongly Of a
trust, and the evidence brought out in
the kosciusko suit will be taken advan-
tage OF by Attorney General Fletcher
TO test the efficiency OF Mississippi's
antitrust law. The outcome OF these
proceedings will be watched with in
terest by all concerned in this contest.
The interest in good roads through
out the State is indicative OF the best
OF results, and that this interest is in
creasing none can deny. Within the
past few days communications from su-
pervisors of three counties have been
received at this Office asking for in
formation concerning the display OF
woodworking machinery to be exhibited
ut the Fair this fall. 1t is probable
that several counties will send their
newly elected boards to examine the
machinery offered and see it at work.
Arrangements have been perfected for
. comprehensive exhibit of this char
scter, and practical demonstrations
will be made each day. The manufac-
turers will Of course try to make their
product show up better than that OF
the competitor, but the official as well
as private individual will have the op-
portunity of seeing and judging for
himself. 1t is to be hoped that all
officials, as well as individuals inter.
ested in an improvement OF publi-
roads, will take advantage Of this OPP
portunity to see practical machines fo.,
road building st work.
John B. Easter OF Sartor's Mill, Mon
roe county, came to Aberdeen . few
days since with a wagon load OF water
mill meal that it is reported sold
like hot cakes. And it ought to have
sold that way. How many people who
read this notice remember the little
water mill where they, as barefooted
boys, went to mill and waited until late
in the afternoon for their turns, return
ing with meal that made hoecakes un-
like anything to be had now. The
writer has ridden six miles to mill and
waited for the old overshot wheel to pa
tiently grind out a bushel per hour.
but when you did get that meal it was
meal totally different from the roller
mill variety to be had in this day and
time.
Laurel Is to have a real live street
railway, application for a charter being
asked for by two enterprising citizens
OF that burg. The gentlemen behind
the move state that they do not want it
TO sell nor do they expect to build the
line and then transfer it to some synli-
cate, but that they see in Laurel an op-
portunity to make street car line a
good investment, and they expect to
build and operate 1t themselves. 1t is
to be hoped that the line will be built
and operated by home people, and that
they may never experience the trouble
with outside owners as have Jackson
and other Mississippi towns.
w. N. Day, formerly of Crystal
Springs, is making a success Of raising
strawberries near Greenville, and states
that the delta lands will grow as good
berries and produce as abundantly as
any section Of the State. He Is grow
ing tomatoes, cabbage and other vege-
table crops and insists that they would
prove as profitable in the delta as in the
hill sections. Great is the delta in
every respect.
The good people Of Winston county
place great valuo upon the privilege to
vote, the delinquent poll tax list in
that county being small. The county
Is experiencing great period of pros
perity since she advent Of the NJ, J. 4
X. G. railroad, and the citizenship is OF
the best.
Have you hogs enough to make next
years meat? Better look into this i'm
portant matter before it is too late.
Don't pay ArmourSwift- Cuddahy's ex.
orbitant prices when you can raise it al
home for Sc per pound.
Warren county has conditionally pur-
chased Eve graders for use In building
roads and will make practical demon.
stration of the work to be performed by
them. The people Of Warren are very
much in earnest in the effort to make
their roads better, and the result will
no doubt be satisfactory to all parties
concerned.
Prohibition Fight.
The coming prohibition fight iu
Washington county will, from all indi-
cations, prove to be one of the hardest
liquor fights in the history OF the State.
Must Keep Out OF Politics.
President J. M. Bass Of the M:ssis-
sippi branch of the Fhrmers' Union
has issued warning to members oi
the union in Carroll county that they