Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1907-08-15

AANa~H'a 70 ths EeAAuZfou A1usr-f@fr
he writes a. follow:
Tbs farmer works harsi fruru fnv-
l hght until dark ami never seem. 10 get
mueh cut Of hrs labor except a kvirx
OF the sfvance in his land. far whish
he 10 not entirely responsible. Here Is
the cause Of failure The farmer starts
in anywhere and usually en.is nowhere.
He - without system He works with
hrs hansl>. but usually fails to use his
hea'i 10 many 20 ahead ami plant all
cotton and scarcely any corn. when we
ought to reverse il. There II where
the living is. We can take curn and rsia~
meat and have cur u,ola.-cs ss home.
An cotton wili put n man in BAD shape:
viii show an empty crib and also smoke
house. He does not hook far enough
ahead TIE suc~es-fuI farmer i fore
hansied and plans things. keeping nure
than one kite to his string. We have
here in Holmes county several such farm
ers As we all ought to BE- There are
the NcCiellansls. You can hear the coni-
Plaint every fall that their cribs won't
hoh their corn erop-novhere TO store
Il away. A trip TO their store rooms
will show up plenty of meat. lard ami
molas-es- Such farmers a. these don't
care If meal goes TO Eve doIlars a barrel.
meat twenty-five cents a pound and
molassss a dollar a quart Such men
a. this il what our country nes,is. Luck
tn s'seh farmers. and they will have it.
ton- | invite you TO take a trip 10
Mr. Jed Powers He is one among thu
Trading Young men We have in shi.
State To show that he deals in th,
very best stock that ean be had in the
state he n"w has IS ygung mule COLT.
that are worth from s75 to $50 each
II the eOuAtry only had few such men
a. Nr- Powers, in a few years there
would b, in the State some OF the best
horses and mules to BE- found anywhere.
Il II pleasing to the eve to see this
country home He has a place Of bean
". showing you the result Of proper care
AMI interest taken BY young man.
Now. if the Honorable Beard OF super.
visors will offer 500 for the best home
raised mule or horse in the county. will
say that | don't believe there - a man
IN the county who would enter an OBJ
leetion 10 such action Ben Lundy and
Prot Smith are enthusiasts in the up-
lifting OF and the general welfare Of
the farmer. Sarh men will soan have
Holmes county on the top round Of the
adder, leading all ether counties II, the
state | would ike To have an express
sioa from others along these lines.
H. Z Blakesles=-I send you my ex-
preston on good roads
First-Every person wants goo.i raj.
ami needs good roais from the cradle To
the grave Al occupations and profes-
sions call for good ruass.
>econd-It takes money and the prup-
er u>e OF It to make good reads. Our
road contractors do not get enough paw
TO keep the roads in good conditions. IN
our county they only get from sf4 10
sst per mile l am writing from god
A'AANft NAEH VI NAE AAaAtGA# AMI Il NHAnA
that the legislature should double the
ad valorem tax on the road fund
Third find from examination that
our Board Of Supervisors get about
81 900 per year for what little they look
after the roads Now, saw, let the
Legislature pass a law to have road
commissioner and lee his place Of busi.
ness be on the roads from Monday norm
ing until Saturday night, and Iet him
report to the supervisors
Fourth-TO save the roads I think It
would be necessary for the Legislature
to make some appropriations 10 counties
to Be used for road purposes when the
county adopted the broad tire system Of
wagons.
Fifth want you to call the atteus
tion OF every one that can do anything
to the gate question I have lust passed
over three and a half miles OF road where
there are eight gates. Six of which are
across the public highway Let's have
them taken of entirely, or let those wha
want them pay a privilege OF from S. to
500, to be used for read purposes.
I might say mere about the plans Of
road working. but a. moaey Is senrre
I viii cSs-e for this time Hope To SEE
something from others who are interest
ed in this important matter
C. C. GREGORY.
Center, Miss
Nste-Mr. Gregory writes an interest
ing letter en- a subject that 4 OF the
greatest importance to the people of
Mississippi just at tins time IT Is to
be hoped that others VIII follow his ex-
ample and let themselves be heard from.
There Is something IN the air that per-
vades our State that augurs well for ths
future Our people Es safe and sane,
but going along in their way with the
satisfaction OF knowing that they are On
the right line and futur. results viii be
of the proper kind Nothing of an un-
safe or boom nature, but a steady and
gradual growth Keep it going
Mississippi cotton for export must be
baked more substantially 20 commald
the price its quality warrants Presi-
dent Harvie Jordan, Of the Cotton A.
scciation. viii make a campaign for this
Improvement and deserves the assist
znee Of all who would see our cotton
bring better prices abroad
Write some friend in q distant State
how good Mississippi is and what ii
offers the man who has energy and
brains Do this at least once q week
and the result viii be gratifying indeed
Write short, pNhy, instructive articles
fer this department. and assist IN the
work OF making It both instructive AMI
entertaining