Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1907-06-20

ing at Holly Springs.
Miss Elmer Meek returned Sat
urday from Winona. She wa.
accompanied home by her sister,
Mrs. Mclean and little son.
Miss Kate Mcclure will be alb
sent one month travelling in the
interest of the Missionary Soci-
tee Of the Oxford Presbytery.
Miss Lizzie McAully. of Holly
Springs. is the guest Of Mrs. Ems
! ma Wallace. while attending tn,
State Normal at the University.
Miss Fannie May Hargis has
returned from Earle. Ark. to
spend the summer with her par
ents, Rev. and Mrs. W. I. Hargis
There will be a stated meeting
of Lafayette Chapter No. SO, r.
A. NJ, tonight at 8 O'Clock. All
members and visiting brethren
invited.
/ Messrs. Buck Chandler, OF
Greenwood, and Wiley Chandler,
lof Robinsonville. are the guests
of their parents, DR.. and Mrs. J.
1T. Chandler.
Mr.. c. NJ. Haynes and bride, OF
Camden, Ark, left Monday after
= visit Of u few days to the families
of Mrs. J. b. McEwen and Mr.. J.
IC. Gates.
The University Training School
will begin its third session Tues
day, Sept. 18th. The indications
are very promising for o largely
Increased attendance.
After an absence Of twenty-five
years, Mr.. Jack Fry, OF Los An
geles. Cal, is visiting his old Ok.
ford friends and relatives. Mr.. /
Fry is receiving q hearty welcome
from the many friends of 'auld /
lang syne.
Mr.. II. V. Somerville and wife
left Monday for their country |
home near Gomez to spend the
summer. They were accompani.
ed by Miss Julia Compton, who
will be their guest for some time.
Mrs. W. +. Major, of Myrtle,
spent several days Of last week
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
r. s. Adams, leaving Tuesday
for Cleburne, Texas, to visit her
sister, Ms. X. G. Porter il
Mrs. Annie Buntyn Guthrie
died on June End, ut the home Of
her brother in Horn Lake. Mrs.
Guthrie lived in Oxford about 20
years ago, and has friends here
now who will sadly regret to read
the announcement of her death.
Rev. Charles Spragins. Of Sui
phur Springs, Tex, has been the
guest Of his brother, Rev. II. s.
Spragins, for the past week. He
preached two able sermons Sun
day, in the morning and at night,
to large and appreciative audi
ences.
Mrs. +. F. King and Mrs. G. T
Stainback, of Chattanooga, Tenn.
Mrs. W. A. Rutherford, of Me-
Minnville, Tenn, Mr.. b. NJ. Stain
back and Miss Stainback, of
Memphis, and Mr.. and Mrs. T. II.
johnson, of Corinth, were all
present at the Paddison-Burt
marriage
Judge W. d. Frazee has enter
ed suits against three different
railroads for violating the safety
appliance law, passed by Cong |
ress. The suits are against the
Y. d NJ. ", fer $500; NJ. & o.
for 81 800 and the Frisco for S1CO
On July let, Miss Louise Sykes,
one Of the most efficient steno-
graphers in. the State, will resign |
her position as stenographer to |
the Federal district attorney to |
become private secretary to Judge
II. C. Niles at Kosciusko. Miss /;
Emma Sykes has been appointed
by Judge Frazee to fill the va
cancy caused by the resignation
of her sister.
Hon. T. U. Sisson, prominent
candidate for governor, made
four speeches in our county this
week and On each occasion drew
large crowds to hear him. Mr..
Sisson is an eloquent orator and
lis increasing in popularity daily.
His speech in Oxford Monday
night was especially well received
and largely attended.
J, Mrs. Mary Ellerbe Jones an
, nounces the approaching mar
rage of her daughter, Corrie, to
Mr.. Ollie A. Hansbrough, of La
Junta, Colo. The ceremony will
} take place in the. University
. chapel, on Tuesday, June 18th,
, at Z o'clock p.m., followed by q
reception at the home OF Prof.
!, land Mrs. John Wesley johnson.
Miss Bessie Roane is the only
: candidate from Oxford and La
Fsyette County in the contest fol
t. the jamestown trip, offered by tbs
q Commercial Appeal. We arr
d glad to state that the list OF votes
cast for her is increasing every
day. If her friends will advance
le a six months subscription to thu
- Monumental .Appeal, it will ado