Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1907-09-19

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their relatives, Mr.. and Mrs. Z
f. Temple.
Mrs. John Beard and children
of Woodson's Ridge, are spend
ing few days with relatives in
Holly Springs.
Mr.. J. ". Wade, Of Little RocE
| Ark, spent n few days in Oxforc
last week at the hospitable home
ef Mr.. r. Webster.
Mr.. A. \. Mcmahon and daugh
ter, Miss Julia, have returned
from the country to their home
lon University street.
Mrs. J. r. McKinsey, of Ponto
toe, is the guest Of her relatives
Mrs. j. b. McEwen and daugh-
ter, Mrs. Stella Smith.
Mrs. Sykes and daughter, Miss
Emma, have taken rooms at the
residence of Mr.. J. II. Kimmons
on University street.
Mrs. J. B. Roach and daush-
ter, Miss Louise, have returned
from a visit of several weeks to
relatives in Batesvilie.
Messrs. F. II. Scott, Of Itta
b ma, and }. e. Scott, OF Morgan
spent few days this week with
tneir sister, Mrs. Fount Galloway
Mrs. Florence Henwooi. after
spending two months with Mr.
and Mrs. +. c. Foster. left Friday
for St. Louis to visit Mrs. NJ. F.
Petrie.
Mrs. J. p. Burbridge. OF Men,
phis, spent several days with Mrs
NJ. s. Collier this week en- route
home from n visit to her dauch-
ter in Laurel.
Mrs. G. F. kuykendall and
grand daughters, Jessie and
Helen Moore, of Batesville. are
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. b.
Roach.
This will be your last opportu.
nifty to witness the Southern Cross
Drill. which will be repeated by
special request AZ the Opera
House tonight.
Rev. II. l.. Weeks and wife, of
Vicksburg, were the guests of
Oxford friends the past week.
Mr.. Weeks preached an excellent
sermon from the Baptist pulpit
Sunday morning.
Three young citizens of our
county, Clyde Prater. Curtis Fra
zier and Baker Cromwell, left
Monday night for Walter, Okla,
to follow Horace Greeley's advice
TO go West young man and grow
up with the country"
Mayor Adams has appointed
Col. }. W. T. Falkner and Prof.
7. Fl. Somerville as delegates TO
represent Oxford at the Deep
Waterways Convention in Mem
phis Oct. Bird and 4th.
District Deputy Sadler, OF the
Masonic fraternity, will be in OK
ford Thursday, Friday and Sat-
urday nights and deliver lectures
to that body, and all Chapter Ma
sons are requested to be present.
This is Oxford's gala day. The
University opening, the Unveil-
ing of the Confederate Monument
the Sham Battle and the South.
ern Cross Drill are items enough
one day, which will long be re-
membere1.
Mr.. J. B. Roach returned from
Birmingham Saturday having in
charge two young men who ap-
propriated a handsome dress suit
each from Mr.. Ed Beanland dur
ing = visit to Oxford last June.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Archi-
bald Swift, of Greenwood, an
nounce the approaching marriage
Of their daughter, Mary, to Mr..
Laurance Nicholas Chandler, the
ceremony to take place in the
First Methodist Church at Green
wood on Oct. 23rd. Mr.. Chand-
Ter Is a native of Oxford and one
of her most popular sons. We
/. Join with 4 host OF relatives and
friends in good wishes and con-
gratulations.
| We had the privilege during the
past week of looking over the
old muster roll of the First Mis-
sissippi Cavalry regiment of the
C. S. A., Col. Prisons command.
1t was a sad pleasure for as We
glanced down the long list, very
few of the brave regiment could
answer to the roll call today,
nearly all have passed over the
river" We Will soon publish the
list of Co. B. from Lafayette
County. These papers are in the
possession of Capt. J. +. Barry,
who kindly loaned them to US.