Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-03-19

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Miss Mira Powers. who ha'
, been the guest OF the Tri Delts
Sorority for the past week, left
Wednesday for North Carolina
The congregation at the Methc
, dist Church Sunday night enjoy
ed a sermon from Rev. Mr.. Coop
or, president Of Whi;worth Coll
lege.
We are requested to state that
the name of Marvel Ramcy was
Internationally omitted from the
honor roll Of the 9th grade of the
public school last week.
Rev. Mr.. Virgin, of Kansas
City, Mo. will preach in the
Baptist Church on Sunday the
18th, and will remain in oxford
the following week.
Mrs. Talliaferro, who for the
past few weeks has been visiting
her daughter Mrs. c. C. Ferrsll
on the campus, left Wednesday
morning 70. Birmingham.
The many friends of Rev. ".
I. Hargis will be glad to learn
that the latest news from his son
Ernest, who hiss been critically
i'll in Louisville, KY, is very en-
courag.ng.
Mcrsrs. W. F. Thweatt, Paris;
\. y. Mullins, Paul Knight. Tu-
la; W. r. Robuck, Denmark,
and c. Z. Stripping, Delay, were
all welcome visitors to this office
during the week.
Mrs. A. l.. Bondurant was the
hostess Of the Woman's Book
Club Tuesday afternoon. \ very
attractive feature of the program
was a lantern slide exhibition OF
the famous pieces of art men,
toned III Browning's Art poems.
! Center Hill school closed FRI
day after having taught a sue
cessful term Of four and one-haIf
months. We, through this paper
thank the patrons, trustees and
pupils for their kindness during
the term. ResFt.
MARY HODGE.
On April 18th, At the residence
lof DR.. L. ". Lowe. an egg hunt
will be given by the adult and
Juvenile missionary socities of the
Methodist Church. Admission
. cents. There will be table at
which nice home made candies
can be bought at cents a bag.
The children of the town are cor
daily invited to be present.
4 The EAGLE machine contest
closed Saturday, and from the
result published this week, it will
be seen that Mrs. J. W. Logan
was the winner. The many
friends of each were generously
, active in behalf of their fav0rites
and the only regret about such
contests is that only one can be
victorious. We have the enrolled
vote open for inspection to any
person who may feel sufficiently
~ $4,000 80.
1.-THE omens being propitioui
and the Cupid's afresh." Mis-:
: Helen Trigg entertained a mum
Der of her friends; Miss Lowell
: Mr.. TomIinson; Miss Wilt
Shaw, DR.. II. Durley; Miss Lou
lie Burt, Mr.. Herman Glenn; OF
: Monday night. They enjoyed
feast FIT for the gods from tn
chatting dish, afterwards a nun
Der OF games. They left in tn
i wee sma' hours declaring it tn
" most enjoyable evening of thei
young lives.
1t has been suggested to us b
: Mr.. j. F. Goolsby that it woul
ID be well for the road overseers
y the county to hold public meet
ing at some future date, not fl
distant, to devise some means {
> uniform road working. The
NJ are 230 road overseers in Il
III county and we presume as man
different ways of working Il
m public highways. Mr.. Mehari
ar of Grenada, says that he CO
Of furnish an expert without char:
which will be furnished by Il
Department of Agriculture Wi
sft will give instructions on the be
IN methods of road working, if il
mt vited to do so. We think d
idea a good one and hope NJ
Goolsby's suggestion will
ne favorably considered.
,e. The Tri Delta Sorority ente
nv tanned with a most elegant r
MS ception Monday afternoon in I
home of DR.. r. NJ. Leavell. T
reception was in honor Of Mi
Powers of Chicago. The que,
at were the members of the Unive
RI sity Faculty, representatives frC
the different fraternities, the {
: Omega Sorority and visito
~ Guests were met at the door
~ Miss Lula Mai johnson and {
corted to the punch bowl pres
ed over by Miss Perry Whitew'
Those in the receiving line W,
ltly Mesdames r. NJ. Leavell, W.
.di- feathers. Misses Powers, :
,nts Whiteway. Delicious ices q
will cakes carrying out the SoroI
ot a colors were served by little Mi
in es Annie Whiteway, May Geo
Kincannon and Katherine Bail