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Oxford eagle., 1907-08-08
POWERS COMBINE
FRANCE AND SPAIN ACT rooErH.
ER IN MOROCCO.
SEND MEN-oF.wAR TO cAsABIANcA
French Transports Ready TO Land
Troops " Spanish Government
Agrees 10 Do So.

Paris. France.-Ths French and
Spanish governments are acting In
concert and with great promptness to
meet tho situation that has arisen in
Morocco. A wa-ship OF each OF these
powers II now In the barber of Casa
blanca. and three French and one
Spanish men-ofwsT are on the way 10
Morocco.
France has proposed tn Spain the
Immediate landing Of French and
Spanish troops at Casablanca. and In
anticipation Of a favorable reply has
prepared three transports at Toulon
10 convey $500 men and 800 horses 10
Morocco. What further steps. IL any.
have been contemplated have not
been made public. A slight delay and
embarrassment In meeting the situa.
ton is caused by the absence Of Pre-
mier Cl~menceau. who Is at Karlsbad
taking the cure.
An Official Communication saws that
the action Of the powers in Morocco
Is limited 10 that granted them under
the Alseciras convention.
Up 20 midnight no telegram had
been received from Tangier reporting
the arrival there Of fresh news from
CasablancaL
dispatch received from Oran. Al
geria. reports that the state bank at
Tangier has been pillaged and that a
British consular employe has been
captured between Tangier and Elk
sare. There is no confirmation of this
news from Tangier.
Oxford eagle., 1907-08-08
The Tell Tale Voice.

IF you want to tell whether or not
the man you are talking to is telling
the truth don't look him in the eyes. '
said a Denver bank teller to some
friends. 1t is the voice. when you
don't look at the eyes. that tells you
whether the other fellow is lying. We
use the system frequently in the bank.
A man will come in to tell us some
business tale. We look at his feet or
his hands or his knees. but never in
his eyes. II he's telling the truth his
voice will be firm and straightforward,
and the absence of your gaze in his
eyes will not affect 1t. But IL he's
lying he'll be confused by your ac-
ton, and his voice will tremble: he'll
hem and haw, and clear his throat.
You may rest assured then that he's
stringing you"
Oxford eagle., 1907-08-08
SOAKED IN COFFEE
Until Too stiff to Bend Over.

when l drank coffee I often had
sick headaches, nervousness and bill
iousness much of the time. but when I
went to visit friend got in the habit
OF drinking Postum.
Il gave up coffee entirely and the re-
suit has been that l have been entire
ly relieved of all my stomach and ner-
vous trouble.
my mother was Just the same way.
We all drink Postum now. and with
out coffee in the house for 2 years, we
are all well.
a neighbor OF mine, a great coffee
drinker. was troubled with pains in
her side for years and was an invalid.
She was not able to do her work and
could not even mend clothes or do any
thing at all where she would have to
bend forward. IL she tried to do a
little hard work she would get such
pains that she would have to lie down
for the rest Of the day.
AT last I persuaded her to stop
drinking coffee and try Postum Food
Coffee and she did so and has used
Postum ever since; the result has been
that she can now do her work. can
sit for a whole day and mend and can
sew on the machine and she never
feels the least bit Of pain in her side.
In fact. she has got well and 1t shows
coffee was the cause Of the whole trou-
BILE.
Il could also tell you about several
other neighbors who have been cured
by quitting coffee and using Postum
In its place" There's a Reason"
Look in pkg. for the famous little book,
The Road 20 WellvillA."
Oxford eagle., 1907-08-08

MONDAY UNIVERSAL WASH DAY,
Reeesnized ss Such Over Almost An
the World.

Why docs nearly all the civilized
world wash clothes on Monday What
has Monday 20 do with Washing Il
was originally the moons day and
was sacred to the queen Of night.
| read In a schoolboys history that
the Pilgrims landed on Monday and
the good women Immediately set
about washing the clothes that had
been soiled on the trip over. We
might Judge from that alleged fact
that no washing was done aboard
ship: yet the finest place for such
necessary work OF sanitation and
blessedness is out at sea where there
Is plenty OF water and nearly al
ways a drying wind.
The voyage OF tho little Mayrover
lasted 60 days. I believe. and as near.
ly as we can now reckon the landing
vas made at Plymouth Rock on .
Monday. though some historians In.
sist on Friday II must have been a
vile and filthy vessel on arrival. with
l02 passengers and crew going over
two months without washing their
linen. Lineng What did they wear
In 1890, Can you realize how big
was the Mayiowerg A miserable III.
tie bark Of 100 tons tCapt. John
SMITH or $50 tons according to
Bradfordl.
Oxford eagle., 1907-08-08
The Advantage Of Readinq.

Beg pardon. sir" said the weary
hobo as he stood at the farmhouse
door. but might sleep in your barn
tonight | haven't had a roof over
siy head for ten days
Il congratulate you" said the kind
ly farmer. That is a splendid thing.
have Just read in one Of my ten-ceut
magazines that II is not too much to
say that to the delicate, highly.strung.
easily-knockedup individual the ad-
yantages Of sleeping in the open air
are enormous. Pallid checks take on
a ruddy hue. colds are unknown.
nerves are forgotten. and irritability
becomes a phase OF the past. A
small plot and little perseverance,
are the only necessaries and the re-
suit Is assured. You are very well
come to the use OF my potato patch,
and my sky is at your disposal. -
Judge
Oxford eagle., 1907-08-08

Estimaters are still figuring on the
visible supply of cotton as well as esti-
mating the crop for this year. The
best that any of them get is twelve mil
lion bales for the present crop. Now,
il they are anything like correct, the
crop is worth II or 10 cents whether
the farmer is able to get that for 1t or
not. The world next year will need in
excess of fourteen million bales to sup
ply the normal demand, and il the crop
falls two million short OF that amount
it is plainly to be seen that the price
should be pretty high. 1t is to be hoped
that our people will continue to push
the education OF the farmers as to the
handling of this great crop, putting
into execution q system whereby 1t Is
all not dumped upon the market in a
few weeks. Our people are becoming
interested in this subject and profitable
developments are promised soon-
While few kickers may be neces-
sary to correct evils, we do not need too
many What we want most is lot of
gooo-natured boosters, Optimlsts VINO
can see the good things Of our State
and forget the bad.
Alfalfa hay is being sold already as
high as SO per ton fob. the cars and
the demand increasing all the time
This is bound to prove one of Missis-
sippi's best money crops in the future.
The acreage Is increasing yearly and
the territory adapted is being extended.
This has been an exceptionally fine
year on the country newspapers. 1t is
well that some rays of Sunshine pene-
trate their lives. for it is not pleasant
ose by any means. Then, too, no other
set of men under the sun do as much
charitable work and get less for it in
the way of dollars or gratitude as the
newspaper men. They are having their
inning now.
Crops continue to improve each week,
the weatkc. continuing exceptionally
favorable. For this we ara duly thank
full
Oxford eagle., 1907-08-08
The Inroeents Return.
CIVIL WAR PRISONER DYING.
General Pickett Technically Under
Arrest Forty Years.

Worcester. Mass. - General 10
slah Pickett. S5 years old. and a vet
eran ot the civil wa, is said to be dy-
Ing here. technically a military prls-
oncr.
He has been under arrest. II IL stat.
ed ever since the battle Of Cold Har.
Dor. and has declared that he will die
under arrest
Pickett was colonel Of the Twenty
fifth Massachusetts during the fighting
at Cold Harbor. and in a ht OF anger
replied roughly tn General Stannard.
his superior
The latter promptly placed him IN
der arrest and took his sword Later
Pickett was commended by Stannard
for gallantry in the Cold Harbor bat
tie while putting a charge. but the rec.
ord Of arrest was never changed. and
General Pickett has been officially un-
der arrest for over forty years.
Oxford eagle., 1907-08-08
Charges Of Inhumanity.

A profound sensation was sprung at
Meridian when Mrs. Artemissa Wynn
was escorted to the ,ity by deputy sher-
IFS from Barrett, in Clarke county,
where she claims 10 have been held for
months in the custody Of Mrs. Elvira
smith, against her will. She was
brought To Megidian as she result Of .
warrant issued by Judge Robert F.
Cochran for her release from Illegal
bondage. The aged and infrm lady
tells one OF the most sensational stories
of cruelty known in the history Of the
state. She says she was horsew hipped,
locked in q room with the windows
barred, and deprived Of the necessaries
of life in her confinement, and other
wise Ill treated. The friends and rela-
tives OF the aged lady are worked Up
TO pitch OF madness as q result Of the
fearful story told by Mrs. Wynn.
Oxford eagle., 1907-08-08
JEWELS DISAPPEAR
MAN CHARGES BROTHER WITH
THEFT OF ANTIQUE JEwEIRv.
OLDEST FANNY OF sIcIlIANs
Were 10 Be Sold TO Save palian
Homestead for Two Sisters at
Home and Brothers.

Philadelphia. N.-Nunclo Ser
gius was arrested here by Central
station detectives on warrant issued
at the instance OF his brother Emilio
Sergius OF No. 27t Thompson street.
New York. charging him with the
theft OF antique jewelry valued a.
$50. 900
According TO the story OF Emilio
Sergius. his family Is one of the oldest
OF Sicillans. The family homestead Is
In Sortino. where his father died scv-
eral months ago. The family had beca
wealthy. hut at his death little was ief,
but a collection Of antique jevelry.
which II was decided should be sold
to save the homestead In Italy for the
bench, OF two daughters at home and
the sons here. The jewels were sent
tn Emilio in New York and he saws
that no less authority than Sir Casper
Purdon Clarke. OF tho Metropolitan
museum. declared they were worth
$4,000 on June 20 the collection
disappeared from strong box in
Emilio's rooms in Thompson street.
New York. simultaneously Nuncio
disappeared from New York 4 war.
rant was secured by Emilio for his
brothers arrest A few days ago
Emilio received a letter from Nuncio
which was mailed In this city. He
says Nuncio explained in the letter
that he had carried the iewelry away
but that after he came 10 this city he
was held up near Amber. a snburb.
and robbed OF everything by three
Italians. Emilio came here and with
a detective went through the Italian
settlement where they came upon the
missing brother. He was locked up
and will be taken back to New York.
Oxford eagle., 1907-08-08
THE NEW YORK LiFg's PROGRAM
Economy. Publicity and the Paramount
Interest Of Polieyholders

President Kingsley. OF the New
York Life Insurance Company. says.
in an address to the policyholders.
that his plan OF administration in
wolves these points:
First: Strict economy; second.
the widest. fairest and fullest public
ity; third. the continuance OF the New
York Life as a worldwide institution:
fourth. such an amount OF new bust.
ness under the law as we can secure
while praeticing intelligent economy.
and enforcing the idea that the inter
est OF the policy holder Is paramount"
Oxford eagle., 1907-08-08
|@ississippi
| Aews
August Weather.

The following data, covering period
OF nineteen years, has been compiled
from the weather bureau records At
sixty-six observation stations in Missis-
sippi. They are issued to show the
conditions that have prevailed in the
State during August for the above Pc
riod OF years, but must not be construed
~ a forecast of weather conditions fos
the month:
Mean or normal temperature, so.
The warmest month was that OF 1907,
with an average OF ~.
The coolest month was that OF 1850,
with an average Of ~.
some OF the highest temperatures re-
corded were a. follows iOs 81 Canton
and l07 at Pittsboro in 1902.
Some OF the lowest temperatures 70
corded were as follows: 20 at Corinth,
kosciusko and Pontotoc in 1891.
The greatest average monthly pre-
cipitation was 5. - inches in lsss.
The least average monthly precipita-
tion was 2.12 inches in 1891.
Oxford eagle., 1907-08-08
Sentenced 10 Eang.

In the circuit court at Purvis Judge
W Il Cook pronounced the death SEN
tence on John Brock. a white lad. who
was convicted Of the murder Of Louis
kohler, young man clerking in the
store OF the Baxterville Mercantile
Company. Young Brock was in the
store using bad language. He was re-
quested to desist by Kohler He lcft in
In huf. went to his home ard returned
IN ten minutes with a shotgun over his
shoulder. He entered the store by the
back door, approached close u Kohler
and fired The young mans head was
completely blown away.
Oxford eagle., 1907-08-08
Farmers Institute

A farmers institute was held at Holly
Springs, at which an interesting and
instructive talk on agriculture was
made by Mr.. Mehang. of Washington.
From the Agricultural and Mechanical
college, of Starkville, came Prof. A.
b. Smith, who spoke on animal indus
try, and C. L. Mooring, whose theme
was horticulture. C. T. Ames, head OF
the experiment station, also made a
practical talk.
Oxford eagle., 1907-08-08
MAN AWAKE IS WEARS.
spsrds His Nights In Chair Win His
Eyes Wide Open.

Erie. Pa-Joscpt ROOF. = arr-
init resident OF PrSsqgc Isle PENN
sula. says he has not slept in -
years. and those who have become in
terested in the case believe the story.
A number of w,'l, known physicians
examined him. they say he Is in a
healthy condition and he was awake
all the time they observed him. Ills
close friends also vouch for his story.
He says that about twenty i've years
ago two dear relatives we're KILLED In
a railroad accident. He suffered 30
much from the shock that he gave up
the idea 81 sleep and now remains in
a chair all night. with his eyes wide
open After his rest in tho chair he
feels as much refreshed in the morn
Ing as II he had enjoyed a good
nights sleep.
Oxford eagle., 1907-08-08
ChiId's Body In Lake.

Chicago. IIi-The body Of Gretch-
en- Rohde. aged 6. who disap-
peared Monday and WAS thought to
have been kidnapped. was found at tho
bottom Of Lake Michigan. at the foot
OF Indiana street, Friday morning. A
hoy dived and brought up the body.
The possibility that the child NAV
have been murdered and thrown into
the lake to avert suspicion is being
investigated
Oxford eagle., 1907-08-08
PEARY TO START NORTH.
Expects TO Be In Winter Quarters by
September 8

Portland. Maine.-Commander Rob
ert r Peary. who is staying with
his family at Eagle Island. stated to-
day that he will start for New York
and then for the north lust as soon as
the boilers are installed in the Roose.
belt He could not state definitely
when that will be. but he hopes .o
start within a week. He expects TO b.
in winter quarters by September s.
Commander Peary said that he had
acquired no "new-fangIed idea" and
that he knows Just what he needs. and
he will take that and nothing more.
None OF his family is going with him.
Oxford eagle., 1907-08-08

Cleveland. ohlo.-After years of
litigation. the estate OF Alva Brad
ley. valued at about 5000. 900. was
divided equally among each OF ten
heirs Alva Bradley. who was veal.
thy vessel and real estate owner. died
over twenty years ago and left his es.
tate in trust for twenty years before
il was to be divided
Oxford eagle., 1907-08-08
Strike Situation Becoming Worse

Raon L'Etape. France-The strike
situation is becoming worse and
the strike is spreading TO other
parts Of the Cosges region. Fresh
barbados were erected by the riot.
ers Monday afternoon and Monday
night the mob captured General La
tour. lie was rescued with difficulty
b. the troops. Strong reinforce
ments are arriving here in response
10 urgent acquisitions.
Oxford eagle., 1907-08-08

The thin. pale man in the large
bathing suit. standing knee-deep in the
water. sighed.
why" we asked. ARE you so sad
Alas" he answered. the sea is the
grave OF my first wife
Our lips eurled superciliously.
But you married again." We mur-
INJURED.
Yes" said he. and my second wife
won't go near the water"
Oxford eagle., 1907-08-08
Powder Company Chances Hands

Kenosha, Wis.-Deeds have been
filed here for the transfer OF all
the property owned by the so-called
powder trust at Pleasant Prairie TO
the Lanin-Rand Powder company. The
property was formerly owned by ].
Amory Haskell. of Wilmington. Del.
It is thought the transfer has some
thing to do with the governments suit
against the powder combine.
Oxford eagle., 1907-08-08
PrrrseuRo MINERS MAY sTe,KE
AIiese Wage Agreement Has Been
Repeatedly Violated.

Pittsburg. Pa-The executive board
OF district No 3. United Mine
Workers OF America. which en-
braces the Pittsburg district. author.
ICED President Patrick Feehan to call
a strike OF the miners in this district
Immediately. alleging that the Pitts
burg Coal company has been vlolat.
ing the wage agreement repeatedly.
President Feehan has announced
that he will give the Pittsburg Coal
company a few hours in which to nd
Just matters
Over $4,000 miners will be affected
In the event OF a strike.
Oxford eagle., 1907-08-08
Steamer Bun. Aaround-

New York. y. Y.-The steamer
Graf Waldersee. of the Hamburg
American line. which passed in at
Sandy Hook at 1890 p. m. ran
aground on the east edge Of the main
channel. about a mile north OF the
Southwest Spit. The vessel appears
to be resting easy. and as the tide is
rising she will probably be fioai ed
without damage.
Oxford eagle., 1907-08-08
sPuRNs RAILWAY COMMISSION.
Grand Rapids Man Declines TO Accept
Place Recently Vacated.

Grand Rapids. Mich.-Bernard r.
Goggins. who was appointed a mem
ber OF the state railroad commits
sion to succeed John Barnes. an
nounced that he would decline the ap-
pointment The necessity Of chang
ing his residence. the sacrifice Of his
law practice AMI ether personal rea-
sons are given as the cause for his
declination OF the appointment
Oxford eagle., 1907-08-08
Find BODY With ears Gone.

Oklahoma City. okia-The body
Of young man. with both ears
severed from his head. was found
three miles west Of the city Thursday
The finding OF freshiy-severed ear
on the principal street Of this city
yesterday led to the discovery CT
the body. This is the second crime Of
this sort within a week. The body o.
an unknown man. with both ears sev.
cred. was found in a boxcar last Sat
urday.
Oxford eagle., 1907-08-08
Fairbanks Family Reunion

Dedham. Mass.-More than Ave
hundred descendants OF Jonathan
Fairbanks. who came from Sowerby,
Yorkshire. England. in 1886 and set
tied in this town. came here Tuesday
TO celebrate the rlxth annual reunion
Of the Fairbanks family in America
The reunion was held in the old Fair
banks homestead which was built by
the founder Of the American branch
OF the family soon after his arrival
here and is believed to be the Oldest
dwelling in New England
Oxford eagle., 1907-08-08
relephone Rates Raised.

The Cumberland Telephone and TED.
egraph Company. acting under the re-
straining order recently secured from
the Federal court preventing the Mis-
sissippi railroad commission from in
terfering with its tariffs. has abolished
night rates, and hereafter tolls for long
distance service will be the same day
and night. Unless the company loses
its case in the Federal court this will
add many thousands OF dollars to its
revenue.
Oxford eagle., 1907-08-08
oIdheId smashes Worlds Records.

81. Paul. NINA special to the
Pioneer Press from Fargo, y. D..
says Barney oidfeld opened the
Fargo Interstate fair by breaking two
worlds automobile records on half
mile track. going the Grst mile OF a
three-mile race in 1:I5Is and the three
miles in 3:51. His mile record beat
that made by himself at Winnipeg
ten days ago by four ami one-half sec
onds. and his three-mIls records beat
that Of his Winnipeg record by eigh-
teen seconds.
Oxford eagle., 1907-08-08
ssrsus Lands In Honolulu

Honolulu, HaWsii.-Oscar Straus.
secretary OF commerce and labor. ar.
rived here from San Francisco on the
steamer Siberia He was greeted with
the military salute accorded to a mem
Der OF the presidents cabinet, and was
met at the dock by federal and terri
torial officials and the territorial mill.
tia
Oxford eagle., 1907-08-08
VIII Censor Reiiaicu. Subject,

Chalons Sur Marne. France
The Bishop OF Chalons. acting
upon the recent rdpal syllabus on the
matter of modernism in the faith. has
prohibited the ecclesiasJics OF his do
cese from publishing any articles on
religious subjects witkou, his author.
iZation.
Oxford eagle., 1907-08-08
American Motor Boa, Win.

Southampton.-The American mo.
tor boat Dixie. owned by Com
modore +. J. Schroeder. OF the Auto
Boat Club OF Areriea. won the race
for the International marine motor
cup in Southampton water. beating
the nearest British boat. Daimler Ir.
by three-quarters OF mile over a 35-
mile course
Oxford eagle., 1907-08-08

Pfttsburg. Peln.-The strike of
10000 coal miners. which was SEIZED
uled TO take place Friday. has
been averted for the present at least.
The officials Of the Pittsburg Coal Co.
have asked for conference with the
officials OF the miners union and the
differences existing between the men
and the company very likely will bs
adjusted
Oxford eagle., 1907-08-08
Poisoned Pork.

Mrs. Park died and eighty others,
comprising almost the entire population
Of Van Vleet, a small town near Oko-
Iona, were made sick as the result OF
eating pork which had become poison
ed, it IS thought, ewing to the exces-
sive heat.
Oxford eagle., 1907-08-08
Thoma. Republicans in Special Car.

Thomas, Okla.-Thomas republi-
cans, in special Pullman. will
go to Tulsa convention bearing Frantz
and Ferguson banners. The Thomas
concert band and members Of the Com
mercial club will go along to advertise
the fifth anniversary celebration here
August % to "a.
Oxford eagle., 1907-08-08
Mananaker Stables Burn.

Philadelphia. Penn. - The stables
on John Wauamaker's estate. Lynden-
hurst. near Jenkintown. a suburb.
were destro, ed by fire entailing loss
estimated at 100000. Lyndenhurs..
Mr.. Wanamaker's country home. was
destroyed By fire February last. cauS
ing a loss OF nearly $1,000 900.
Oxford eagle., 1907-08-08
Enqineer Killed In Wreck

Arkansas City. Kas.-Northbound
Santa Fe passenger train No. I16
left the track seven miles from
Red Rock. Okla, killing the engi-
neer and wounding numerous pas
gers. A coach, chair car and baggage
car. as well as the engine. went into
the ditch.
Oxford eagle., 1907-08-08
Shoot, Two and HImse.

Ardmore. Ind. Ter.-At waups
nucka, I. T.. Edgar Bali. railroad EN-.
ploye.shot and fatally wounded his
young wife. shot his sister-in-law
Miss Maggie Dobson. through the
thigh, then shot himself through the
heart. Jealousy is supposed to be the
motive of the crime.
Oxford eagle., 1907-08-08
Explosion Kills Three.

New York. ". Y.-Information has
reached this port that 1t was an ex-
plosion in the hold of the North Ger.
man Lloyd liner Kaiser Wilhelm ii.
that caused the death of three men
and prevented the vessel from sailing
on schedule time.
Oxford eagle., 1907-08-08
Iowa Senator'S conoitIon cr,,,,.,

Waterloo. Iowa - State Senator
Byron Newberry. father OF the Iowa
pure food law, who was bitten on
the ankle by a rattlesnake, is in a
critical condition and his recovery is
doubtful. He was bitten while in an
oat field on his farm near Strawberry
Point
Oxford eagle., 1907-08-08
Runaway Train Kills Four Men.

Atchison, Kas.-A Missouri Pacific
freight train ran away down shannon
Hin here and struck the rear end Of
another freight standing on the track.
=. D. Scott. a fireman; Fred Butzirus,
Hastings. Neb-; Ralph Moody. Omaha,
and an unknown man we're killed.
Oxford eagle., 1907-08-08
Drainage Survey Ordered.

Capt. J. w. Henderson, who has
charge of the work of organizing asd
perfecting the Kinney Lake drainage
district in Tunica county, has received
orders from Washington to form a sur
veying party for the purpose of begin
ming a survey of the district early in
the fall.
Oxford eagle., 1907-08-08
pissoIves Franciscan Brothers.

Paris-President Fallieries has
signed a decree dissolving the branch
Of the Franciscan Brothers located at
St Ingram, in the Haute Garonne.