Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1907-04-25
OXFORD. MISS, THURSDAY. APRIL 25, 1907


The Uniiesi States authorities in
charge o. the boil Neevil Investigation
for thls s.es.sG. ssz,e that the --ra-es
u the Wecvil will b. unusually dr.
str'Ictive this year, more 80 than On
former years. The unusually mid
winter has caused the weevil 10 come
from hts alternating peri0i unusually
early and IN much greater numbers
than has ever been known II this he
true. and therc j. god reason to b.
iieve it =. we may luox tor 4 consider
able falling OF in the production ~
cutton for l.N7-- Mississippi will
likely b. infectea with the weevil ou
the lower border before the season :
over. AMI possibly az other places on
acrouut of the Absence Of Law To ere
vent it, iniruduction by shipments "
sod. meal. etc. but it will be twO or
three years before they would cover ths
State by ordinary migratory means
Then, ~ DR.. Hunter i Correct in hi
predictions for the present year, Mis-
sissipoi should raise every tslc 81 cot-
tOu possible. IL the weevil-infecte,i
section of the cotton belt i cut 0f ir
pso4s~ss so as-.rtuu<ly as + fc1rssl, al
that can be raised in other sections will
command a handsome price this fall.
wha, do sou think. Mr.. Planter
Alcorn county has recently fallen into
the column for road Improvement. The
CONTRACT for ruads in the First district
has been let AZ rate Of s3S per mile
for frst-class and SD per mile Tor se',-
Ond-class. \ machine for building ruAi
has been purchased and Aicorn proper
ly comes into her place a. a member Of
the good roads association Now that
the good work has been inaugurated.
the people should not become discour-
aged and want 10 quit II success does
not cone right AZ the start Mistakes
will be made, but correct them ami
keep kicking. We need roads worse
than anything just at this time, AMI
must have them At any reasonable price
Il i always EASY "a find items of in
tersss for this department in the Aber
deem papsrs- This appeared IN one OF
them last week: Among the wa.Ocs
selling produce, etc, from the county
Saturday We noticed four loaded With
corn, six with baled hay. Two with
baled fodder. i've with fodder in bun
dies. three with PEANUTS, Eve with splii
stove wood, four with sweet potatoes,
one with fish. two with loose hay, tEo
with roofing boar,is, one with shingles,
one with live hogs and many partly
loaded with poultry, eggs. hides, peas,
pelts. wool. butter, vegetables, honey.
sorghum. ruolAsses, beeswax aud other
country produce such conditions As
this can be called IDEAL Something to
sell And somebody 20 sell i, TO.
Land that n few years since Vas con
sidered too poor 10 sprOat trouble ou.
or vas almost as poor as some Georgia
land where it was necessary TO plant
three grains Of corn 10 the hill-One 10
pull. one To push and tbs other 10 get
up-has been enriched by the trt1e<ens
of our State until it produces splendid
IL of both corn and cutton after taxing
OF big crop OF cabbage, tomatoes,
peas. beans, etc This land Is nos
worth from $50 TO s60 per acre and but
little to De had At any price These
people 20. their heads into the game
and made it pay largely.
The Arkansas law requiring life In
surznce companies TO invest 20 per cent
OF their legal reserve Ia approved se-
eurities of :he State IS similar To the
law proposed in Mississippi last year,
but defeated. Why should not all com
panies do this? The total amount
would be only small per cent of the
money collected as premiums Missis-
sippi sends millions yearly away from
home for insurance which Is invested
for the development of other sections.
Why not require small portion of it
to be left here for the development o..
our own section of country?
The live business men of Guntown,
in Lee county, are raising 4 fund for
the location Of a union cotton ware
house 4 considerable amount has
been subscribed and more will be forth
coming. The union proposes 10 build
one or more warehouses in Lee, and
Bonneville Is after one of them The
warehouse plan Is appealing to busi-
ness people everywhere, be they plant
ers, merchants, mechanics or profes-
sioual men, and encouragement Is to be
found on every hand IL Is sensible
plan and appeals 20 sensible people.
kafir corn will attract more atten-
tion at the hands OF Mississippi people
in the future. It Is 4 profitable crop
and grows well here One manufae-
turer of poultry food at Aberdeen Is
compelled TO import several car loads
every year 20 use in the preparation OF
his feed Why not raise AZ least What
We consume in the State?
Stand for n strict compliance with the
laws of the land Lethargy Is danger
GUS a small infractiou unheeded en-
courages a more serious one next time.
This Is sacred duty OF good citizen
ship.
In reply to a query, What shall
teach my childE" some one has snswer-